Kategori: Värmland
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Advent calendar Flap 4, the Konsterud Horn
Flap 4Behind flap 4 of the Advent calendar we find the Konsterud Horn. This horn is a so-called vallhorn, a type of blowing instrument that in Sweden represents a living tradition with roots stretching back thousands of years. The Konsterud Horn was made sometime around the year 0, making it nearly 2,000 years old and…
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Rönnkullen
En Svensk version av texten finns nedanför den engelska. English: Rönnkullen In the center of the small Swedish village of Vålberg lies a small mound called Rönnkullen. It is a place in the province Värmland that I pass almost daily during the summer since I live nearby. So it’s a bit strange that it has…
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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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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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Lappnäsudden
I have just returned home from a week long course in archeology aptly named ”Arkeologi Längsmed Frykens Strand” (Archeology along the shores of Lake Fryken) at Klarälvdalens Folkhögskola. The course was led by Archaeologist Helene Sjöstedt and it’s focused mainly on Bronze Age archaeology along the waterways of Lake Fryken. Even if we also learned…
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The Skramle Runestone
Today I got the opportunity to visit Skramlestenen, a runestone that I have been wanting to visit for a long time. It’s the fourth of a total of four runestones in the province of Värmland that I have visited and written about. The other stones are the two Viking Age runestones of Hovlanda and Rör.…
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The Rör Rune Stone
The time has come to write about the third out of a total of four rune stones in the province of Värmland. I have previously written about the pre Viking Age rune stone Järsbergsstenen and the Viking Age rune stone Hovlandastenen. The stone that I got the chance to visit today is known as Rörstenen…
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Hökberget Hill-Fort
Today I spent most of the day preparing my camper van for a new season of traveling and exploring. I am specifically preparing for a trip to the island of Öland that is well known for the many interesting ancient sites, especially the many ring forts dating to the Iron Age. When I was finished…
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The Grave Field on Hammars Udde
In my last post I wrote about my local rune stone, The Hovlanda Rune Stone located on the island that I live one. In this post we will stay on the island of Hammarö that is located in the northern part of lake Vänern, the largest lake in Sweden and the European Union. Hammarön is…
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