This paper deals with the civilisation of Northern people living in Scandinavia during the sixth to the thirteenth centuries. A real culture made with artistic, handicraft, trading traditions has been expanded, but has been partly forgotten too. Behind the dramatic expeditions of Viking warriors on West European coasts, with pillaging and destroying the towns, monasteries and local populations, many discoveries have been realized from North America to inland Asia.L’appréciation de la civilisation viking est souvent incomplète. À côté des pillages, des incursions dangereuses sur les littoraux de l’Europe du Nord-Ouest, et même du Sud, il faut rappeler qu’il existe une culture raffinée, reposant sur une littérature encore insuffisamment connu...