Indonesia ist pretty far from Medina away as well.
Wanna compare the two cases in relation to their cultural and historical context?
Indonesia ist pretty far from Medina away as well.
Yes, I know that it is not compareable.Wanna compare the two cases in relation to their cultural and historical context?
The problem is, by the time Islam starts to push into Europe, most of Scandinavia's neighbours are Christians. You'd need a monster Islam wank of some kind to make Islam dominant in the parts of the world the Norse actually interact with. Otherwise, it's far more attractive for them to eventually adopt the religion of their trading partners, which will likely be Christianity.
Maybe some kind of rollicking Caliphate romp in which Constantinople falls in the 700s and the Caliphate slams its way up into the Balkans, leading to much of eastern Europe converting, but that gets into "is Muslim Poland really feasible" territory.
When is the earliest we can get a Muslim Scandinavia, with the smallest P.O.D (I.e no huge conquests of Europe: obviously reasonable territory gains allowed).
I would be interested to see how, and what far reaching effects people think this could have on medieval, and modern day Europe and World.
I would say that you'd need some Viking traders convert, and have enough success and numbers to dominate Scandinavia. Not impossible - but perhaps an Imam, or a devout Berber goes back with a Viking group.
A few traders, an imam or a devout Berber(!) aren't gonna cut it, considering the massive structural factors still in place effecting the Christianization of the region.