what was the temperature in scandinavia in the viking age????

Answer 1

It's hard to say for sure because the Rømer scale was only devised in 1701, the Fahrenheit scale in 1724, and the Celcius scale 1742. Prior to that no one took measurements of temperature, so all the evidence is anecdotal (e.g. the third of year of King So-and-So had a very cold winter, etc.), or conjectural based on pollen samples from bogs or ice cores.

What can be said, is that wheat grew pretty far north in what is now both Norway and Sweden, which doesn't happen today.

Answer 2

interesting to note ........stories in the scandinavian sagas tell of a more pastoral and balmier climate than it is today........recent discoveries have shown that initially the mean average temp was greater than today........then fell off in what is being called the little ice age........which seemed to end the viking settlements in the new world, like the ruins discovered in labrador and newfoundland........