CHRISTIAN SCANDINAVIA AND THE FJORDS
time 13 Days / 11 Nights

STOCKHOLM - UPPSALA - SIGTUNA - LINKOPING - VADSTENA – LUND - MALMO - COPENHAGEN - OSLO – ULVIK -  – FLAM – BERGEN

The Christianization of Scandinavia, as well as other Nordic countries and the Baltic countries, took place between the 8th and the 12th centuries. The realms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden (Sweden is an 11th or 12th century merger of the former countries Götaland and Svealand) established their own Archdioceses, responsible directly to the Pope, in 1104, 1154 and 1164, respectively. The conversion to Christianity of the Scandinavian people required more time, since it took additional efforts to establish a network of churches. During the Early Middle Ages the papacy had not yet manifested itself as the central Roman Catholic authority, so that regional variants of Christianity could develop. Since the image of a "victorious Christ" frequently appears in early Germanic art, scholars have suggested that Christian missionaries presented Christ "as figure of strength and luck" and that possibly the Book of Revelation, which presents Christ as victor over Satan, played a central part in the spread of Christianity among the Vikings.

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  • Round-trip air USA - STOCKHOLM / BERGEN - USA
  • Meet and Assist upon arrival by your perillo Tours representative
  • Private air-conditioned motor coach with an English speaking Christian guide
  • Choice of 3, 4 or 5 star hotels
  • Breakfast and dinner daily
  • Daily sightseeing as indicated
  • Daily Mass
  • Overnight cruise as mentioned
  • Hotel taxes and servce charges
  • All entrance fees
  • Hotel taxes and service charges
  • Porterage of 1 suitcase per person
  • USTOA 1 Million Dollar Travelers Assitance program

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Occasionally local religious and national holidays, weather, traffic conditions and other events may necessitate changes in the sequence of events or the missing of certain events/places. Though every effort will be made to follow the itinerary, it should be considered as an indication, rather than a contract of events and places to be visited. 

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