As Stockholm Pri kicks off this week, you might be wonrg whether Swen's stat as a centre for gay culture is a recent phenomenon. Alex Volk, a Stockholm tour gui and rearcher, is showg that this is far om the se, wh a tour that highlights LGBT history datg back to the Vikg Age.
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NORDIC VIKG AND THEIR GAY LIFTYLE: HISTORY AND HOMOSEXUALY
The Vikgs are famo for their fierce warrr culture, and rich pantheon of gods and godss, but are you aware that the Nordic Vikgs had elements of a gay liftyle their society? * homosexuality in viking *
Last weekend’s Gay Pri remd me of another topic that I’ve been thkg of wrg about for a while now: homosexualy vikg era Iceland. Pre-Christian Iceland did not nsir homosexualy a crime as such, but attemptg to avoid marriage bee of was illegal. Consirg there were numero slurs agast homosexuals I thk ’s safe to say the were not somethg anyone would have been open about.
Only one type of homosexual activy seems to have been fully acceptable the vikg era north, which was playg the “active” part, pecially as male sexual aggrsn towards opponents that lost a battle. Nor are there any referenc other Old Norse texts to female homosexual relatnships, so we nnot gge pre-Christian attus to female homosexualy. Men who drsed feme clothg such as low-cut shirts, for stance, uld be st off, as uld those who were homosexual- even if they were the domant partner.