I have always maintained that to know yourself, you need to know your family history and ancestors. Not only your genetic heritage, even more the myths, hidden tragedies, attitudes, and accidents attached to your family tree.

We are almost all immigrants.

You have probably already heard Trump’s skepticism to foreigners and immigrants. Historically America is in a very special position in terms of immigration. If all immigrants and descendants of immigrants were to be thrown out of the US, there would only be some tribes of Indians and eskimos left.

Trump, – descends from a Norwegian Viking.

Trump most probably had to move back to the town of  Tønsberg, Norway, to his grand, grand, grand,…… father’s birthplace. This ancestor on his mother’s side, was not an ordinary Viking. He was The King Magnus VI Håkonsson,  later to be called King Magnus the Law-mender. (1238,-1280)

   Here is  King Magnus and his Landslaw

That name Lagabøter or Law-mender, was given him because he improved the prevailing but old Viking laws. His new law was written as a lawbook for the whole country. It was therefore called a Land’s law, and was the most advanced of all laws in Europe, together with Castillia’s(Spain)

The freelance reasearcher on family trees, Reidun Carstens have used the websites of Genealogy, MyHeritage and Ancestry, to trace Trump back to this Norway’s legendary Viking; King Magnus VI Håkonsson. Born in Tunsberg 1238, died in Bergen 1280.

  Donald Trump and his ancestor on his mother’s side, King Magnus.

Here is Donald Trump’s heritage from Norway’s Viking King Magnus VI Håkonsson:

 Magnus VI Håkonsson (Lagabøte), King of Norway

Magnusdatter Magnusdatter, Princess of Norway

Magnus Orkney her son

Margaret Caithness of Orkney, Heiress of Lovat her daughter

Hugh Fraser her son

Hugh Fraser, 1st of Lovat his son

Hugh Fraser, 5th of Lovat his son

Hugh Fraser, 6th Lorat, 1st Lord of Lovat his son

Agnes Mackenzie his daughter

Catherine MacKenzie her daughter

Robert Munro, 14th Baron of Foulis his son

Hugh Munro, 1st of Assynt his son

Euphemia Mackay his daughter

Christain Mackay her daughter

Robert Mackay of Achness her son

Alexander Mackay his son

Robert Mackay, tacksman of Halmdary his son

Ansus Mackay, tenant in Kinlochbea his son

Mary Mackay his daughter

Donald Macleod, from Whitefield, near Thurso her son

Catherine (Christian) MacLeod his daughter

Alexander MacLeod her son

Malcolm (Calum) MacLeod his son

Mary Anne Trump (MacLeod) his daughter

Donald Trump, ( next President of the United States, and the  45th in line)  her son

             The famous  Norwegian Viking ship Oseberg.

To be a descendant of Vikings is demanding.

In Norway and Scandinavia, many of us are proud of our viking ancestors. Not the killing, stealing and raping typical of  many of the vikings. But their courage, their amazing ship building techniques, and as a result of that, their influence all over central parts of Europe, Middle-East and Russia. And of course their discovery of North-America,  “Vinland”, as they called it, about  year 1000(Leif Eriksson (970-1020). Columbus enter the scene 492 years later.

“Hello America, here we are!” Viking Leiv Eriksson discovering North-America year 1000 AD.

We must however swallow some of our pride in this discovery: The real  “discoverers” and original Americans are the Indians and Eskimos some 20.000 years ago.

Indians and eskimos, the real and original Americans

All the Scandinavian countries have Viking blood in their populations, and ancestors from the Viking era. But after a long time of reckless imperialism and warfare, trading and commerce gradually replaced the greed and violence of the early days.

The old Viking Empire was vast. Scotland, England and Ireland were only three of many countries taken by  the Vikings.

In our modern time the Scandinavian countries have deve-loped into the world’s most famous welfare states. States that secure every citizen a public health system that is free for all. In addition to that,  social welfare is developed to secure the poor and disabled  a decent life. There are Labour unions and all kind of unions for employees, as there are unions for the employers.

“Mother Norway”, as a Viking heroine in a rather nationalistic portrait at the time of our Constitution. Check the hair. She’s also a “hairoine”! (A bit longer than Trump’s, but it’s the same type of hair.)

The Modern Viking

Donald Trump must in his presidency be true to the legacy he has from the Vikings and their descendants that developed the peaceful nations we today call Scandinavia. He must look to Norway and Scandinavia and how his distant relatives have developed  good and prosperous countries for all their citizens, – not only a few!

Ok, this is just a reminder to cousin Donald, from one of his distant viking cousins, – Erik. I wish you good Luck!