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Why is the Minnesota NFL team called the Vikings? See also Scandinavian_Americans#Scandinavian_Americans_by_state . Smallbones_(smalltalk) 05:44, 5 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

And indeed the Featured Article on Swedish emigration to the United States, which says that "Minnesota remains by a wide margin the state with the most inhabitants of Swedish descent—9.6% of the population as of 2005." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.251.56 (talk) 00:12, 6 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

See Kensington Runestone for an alleged (though almost certainly bogus) direct Viking-Minnesota connection... AnonMoos (talk) 04:35, 8 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Some of us were born in northwestern Wisconsin, so we believe in Packers, not Vikings. Jim.henderson (talk) 23:42, 11 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]