Kategori: Rock Carvings
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Forshem Church
Swedish translation below. This spring, I visited Forshem Church, about four kilometers east of Hällekis in Västergötland, Sweden. This is not my first visit to this unique medieval church, built in 1135 from sandstone. The church has been dated through dendrochronological studies of the roof trusses, which visitors can examine inside the church where they…
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The Fairy Mills on Hammarö
In this post, I would like to write a bit about the fairy mills as they are called, that can be found on the island where I live, Hammarön. Swedish translation after the English version. Hammarön is the largest island in the Hammarö municipality and is located just south of Karlstad, In Värmland, Sweden. It…
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Gärde Petroglyphs
This summer I visited Offerdal and the petroglyphs at Gärde in Jämtland, Sweden. The drive there goes along a small gravel road through a spectacular countryside with pastures and old farmhouses. The site is easily accessible with a large parking lot and a short trail that leads to a bridge that takes the visitor over…
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The Rock Art at Alta
This summer i visited the UNESCO world heritage site of Hjemmeluft in Alta, Nothern Norway. The wider area of Alta made it on the list in 1985 and the rock carvings or petroglyphs here was by then fairly newly discovered. The first ones were discovered in 1973. There are a total of around 6000 different…
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The petroglyphs at Glösa
This rock face near the Swedish village of Glösa, in the province of Jämtland don’t look very special at a first glance. But it really is, especially if you are able to look closer at the carvings on the rock. This site was probably a sacred place to a group of hunters and gatherers around…
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