As someone born and raised in the Swedish bible belt, very much into the nordic iron age history, I cannot stop thinking about this, and more. Like why did they take to christianity so hard? They went from blood sacrifice and strange gods, to christianity within relative no time and then became fundamentalists for hundreds of years. And now, atheists!
Just when you think you know them, they surprise you. I think the scandies put a lot of stock into group consciousness, social structures are rigid and crucial, but not immutable.
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u/knappastrelevant 19h ago
As someone born and raised in the Swedish bible belt, very much into the nordic iron age history, I cannot stop thinking about this, and more. Like why did they take to christianity so hard? They went from blood sacrifice and strange gods, to christianity within relative no time and then became fundamentalists for hundreds of years. And now, atheists!
Just when you think you know them, they surprise you. I think the scandies put a lot of stock into group consciousness, social structures are rigid and crucial, but not immutable.