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You betcha there are many British citizens who are etterkommere <\/strong>(descendants) of Norwegian vikinger<\/strong> (Vikings), although it is unknown how many and where from.\u00a0 Britiske forskere<\/strong> (British researchers) are conducting a study to chart Northern England’s Viking legacy.\u00a0 Professor Peter Harding at the University of Nottingham will be leading the study and working very closely with the project coordinator in Norway, Harald L\u00f8vvik.\u00a0 The mission is to discover where the descendants of\u00a0the vikings\u00a0slo seg ned<\/strong> (settled) and from what regioner<\/strong> (regions) in Norway the Vikings who eventually reproduced and\/or settled in England kom fra<\/strong> (came from).<\/p>\n Harding and his fellow\u00a0forskere<\/strong> had hoped prosjektet <\/strong>(the project) would have started in 2008, but was only recently approved by norske myndigheter<\/strong> (Norwegian authorities).\u00a0\u00a0Prosjektet<\/strong> will be conducted as follows:\u00a0\u00a0Forskere<\/strong> will take mouth samples from 20 people from each of the following regioner<\/strong>: Sognefjorden, Ryfylkefjorden, Hardangerfjorden, Hedmark, Trondheim, Bergen, Gudbrandsdalen, Stavanger, and Namdalen\u00a0(at first,\u00a0the project was to only\u00a0choose\u00a0people from the cig cities in this list, but as you see, they have expanded out of the cities).\u00a0\u00a0Forskere<\/strong> will focus on the y-kromosomet<\/strong> (Y chromosome) since it is only passed from far til s\u00f8nn<\/strong> (father to son).\u00a0 Each frivillig<\/strong> (volunteer) will be required to know\u00a0his farslinje<\/strong> (paternal line) back 6 or\u00a07 generasjoner<\/strong> (generations) in the same area.\u00a0 Since it\u00a0may prove to be more\u00a0difficult to locate and test people deep\u00a0ute i landet<\/strong>\u00a0(in the country), forskere <\/strong>will supplement some of\u00a0pr\u00f8vene <\/strong>(the tests) with people from Oslo who come from those specific regioner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Pr\u00f8vene<\/strong> will be sent to the University of\u00a0Leicester, one of Europe’s leading DNA forskningsinsitusjoner<\/strong> (research institutions).<\/p>\n If you qualify and are interested in participating, email jaktviking@yahoo.no<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You betcha there are many British citizens who are etterkommere (descendants) of Norwegian vikinger (Vikings), although it is unknown how many and where from.\u00a0 Britiske forskere (British researchers) are conducting a study to chart Northern England’s Viking legacy.\u00a0 Professor Peter Harding at the University of Nottingham will be leading the study and working very…<\/p>\n