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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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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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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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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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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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So I have decided to branch out the blog and also include museums and portable antiquities. It feels natural to do so as they are great places to explore the finds and the culture of the people that created the sites that I normally visit and write about. They also deserve to get some free
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This is a plaster of Paris copy of the Viking Age chest known as the Cammin Chest. The original was once located in Kungälv/Kongahälla on the west coast of what is now Sweden. In 1131 it was stolen in a raid by the Vends and it was later housed in a monastery in Cammin in
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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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This spring I decided to visit the large mound Skalundahög. It is a grave mound located on Kålland, a large Peninsula on the Southern shore of Lake Vänern. Vänern is the third largest lake in Europe and the largest one in Sweden. Skalunda belongs to the province Västergötland. My decision to go here during the
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This is a place where much of what once happened here isn’t visible to the naked eye. Even so this place is crucial in understanding Scandinavia during the Iron Age. We are now on the island of Öland of the Eastern coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Mosse that makes up the second part
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