ABSTRACT
I shall now reconsider the textual evidence for a Hunnic presence in Scandinavia. In 1943 Niels Lukman concluded in his doctoral thesis ‘Skjoldunge und Skilfinger’ that the Huns had impacted deeply on Scandinavian royal lineages and their history. But like the works of Malone and Chambers, the chief editors of Widsith (see Chapter 8 this volume), Lukman's thesis was academically ignored for decades. However, his masterly interpretation of Scandinavian history prior to AD 800 deserves attention.
