Comment by mistrial9

I put the word "iconoclasm" in quotes because yes, you are right in a strict sense, but over time the word was broadened..

> Who do you think 'conquered' the Swedes

How can this written exchange now bring light to the subject?

I would say, infighting among fierce raiders was vanquished by organized and better equipped men to establish Nations. Tribal one-upmanship was/is rampant. I am touching a complicated topic over very long time periods. The educated Danes I know, do study French and Latin, actually.. but this is now and quite a lot of Danes moved to the USA a hundred years ago.