The Viking Herald

From southern Europe, by 1348, the plague reached the British Isles, most notably Bristol and Dublin, both major ports dependent on sea trade. Norway was burying its first victims in 1349.

How did the Black Death - the bubonic plague - affect Scandinavia?

For three short but devastating years in the mid-1300s, the bubonic plague wiped out around half the population of Scandinavia. The consequences would be devastating for subsequent generations.

3 years ago — Scandinavia