The Vikings were from Scandinavia , especially the areas that are now Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Quick answer

If you want the shortest version: they were not from one single country, but from a region in northern Europe that later became those three modern countries.

In plain terms

  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden

People today often say “the Vikings were from Scandinavia,” because that is the clearest historical description.

Small detail

The modern countries did not exist in the Viking Age exactly as they do now, so “Scandinavia” is the more accurate label for their homeland.