Major transmitters of Armenian culture to Scandinavia were the Vikings who invaded/visited Constantinople starting in the 9th century. It was in that city that the Vikings interacted with Armenians and occasionally carried Armenian women with them to the North. Around 914, the Vikings reached Northern Armenia via the Volga River and the Caspian Sea. They traded with, but frequently plundered the regions they reached.

Major transmitters of Armenian culture to Scandinavia were the Vikings who invaded/visited Constantinople starting in the 9th century. It was in that city that the Vikings interacted with Armenians and occasionally carried Armenian women with them to the North. Around 914, the Vikings reached Northern Armenia via the Volga River and the Caspian Sea. They traded with, but frequently plundered the regions they reached.