Kategori: Sweden
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The Hälsingtuna Stone
A Swedish version of the text can be found below. Approximately five kilometers northwest of the city Hudiksvall in Hälsingland, Sweden lies Hälsingtuna Church. The site appears to have been important early on, especially due to the runestones that are found in the churchyard. Outside the church runs the road that once led to the…
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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 Blomskog Portal
A Swedish language version can be found below. In today’s post, I would like to write about the Blomskog portal. This is a partially preserved portal from a stave church. The stave church once stood in Blomskog, not far from Årjäng in Värmland, Sweden. Unfortunately, the stave church no longer exists. The portal was discovered…
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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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Eketorp Borg
English version below the Swedish text. Under årets resa till Öland så stod ett återbesök till fornborgen Eketorp högt på min lista. Jag var där för ca 13 år sedan när jag studerade Hållbar Turismutveckling på Högskolan i Halmstad. Vi besökte borgen då den är ett mycket gott exempel på hur man kan levandegöra kulturarvet.…
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The Rock Paintings at Tumlehed
A English version of my text can be found below the Swedish one. Hällmålningarna vid Tumlehed Det här är en fornlämning som inte är helt lätt att hitta trots att den ligger så nära Göteborg. Detta är med stor sannolikhet då den är så unik och känslig för potentiell skadegörelse. Tanken är att de som…
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Ebberskog Crusader Village
I was driving down a very small road in a beautiful deciduous forest with small meadows here and there. I had read that this was the location of a village that was abandoned long ago. We are now on the island of Öland along Swedens Baltic coast. The village is located north east of the…
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The Seby Runestone
I spotted this massive runestone Whitley drivning down a small countryside road in Seby on southern Öland, a large island off the eastern coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Right in front of the stone that has the signum ÖL 18 there is a perfect area to stop with the car for a rest.…
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The Haunted Village of Röjden
Normally I write about places that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. I do it to tell the story of the people that lived in a certain place and time that whose voice would otherwise be silent. I live in the swedish province of Värmland and during the 16th century the Swedish kings…
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Saivaara Stone Age Village
I had been driving for many hours through northern Sweden to reach Saivaara in the province of Norrbotten, not far from the border with Finland, about halfway between Sangis and Övertorneå. I arrived quite late in the evening because of the long drive. Which wasn’t a problem because of the midsummer sun at this very…
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