In the Viking Age in Scandinavia, there seem to have been cases of girls being kidnapped for marriage or concubinage. Was this considered legal, and socially acceptable? What justification was given?

by MagnificentCat

The poem Vikingen from Erik Gustaf Geijer is an example of where this practice is mentioned.

Dinocrocodile

I asked a similar question about Medieval Western Europe that was answered by /u/Lilac1399