When I talk to general audience on Viking topics, some frequently asked questions are: What happened to the Vikings? Where are they now? Did they die off? Were they conquered?
Before discussing what happened to them, it's helpful to know who they were. A simplistic definition calls the Vikings those people who lived in Scandinavia and the North Atlantic settlements in the Viking age, with the Viking age arbitrarily defined as the years between 793 and 1066. It was during this time that these Northern people had the largest impact on other Europeans, through trade, and through their Viking raids.
http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/society/text/what_happened.htm
By the mid-11th century, Christianity was well established in Denmark and most of Norway. Although there was a temporary conversion in Sweden in the early 11th century, it wasn't until the mid-12th century that Christianity became established there.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/religion_01.shtml
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