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Not in the sense you mean; the Norse explorer-conquerors known as the Vikings never made it further south (or west) than what is now Maine.

However, Minnesota has a large Scandinavian population, which settled there in the 19th and early 20th centuries; almost 1/3 of the residents of the state can claim Norwegian or Swedish heritage. That, combined with the public perception of Vikings as being good in battle, eventually led to the naming choice for the state's football franchise.

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