Etikett: Grave
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Inglinge Hög
En svensk version av texten finns längre ner på sidan. English: Inglinge Hög A few miles south of Växjö in Sweden lies Inglinge Hög, also known as King Inge’s mound. This site has long been important and a popular stopping point when traveling between Värend and Blekinge. Inglinge Hög is the name of the largest…
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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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Skalundahög
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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Odens Flisor
During my recent trip to the Swedish island of Öland I visited a small grave field in Högsrum, near Borgholm. It contains around 40 graves dating to the Iron Age. Around six of these graves have been excavated in the beginning of the 20th century. The archaeological excavation resulted in human remains and some everyday…
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The Karlevi Rune Stone
This was my first stop on the island of Öland on my recent trip there. It’s was a great place to spend the night in my Campervan as I arrived late in the evening after crossing the long bridge to Swedens second largest island located in Baltic Sea of the coast of Småland. I wasn’t…
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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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The Hovlanda Rune Stone
The time has come to write about my local rune stone Hovlandastenen. I have been saving it for some reason even if it is located just a short walk from my place of work. We are now on the island Hammarön in the province of Värmland, Sweden. Hammarön is the third largest island in lake…
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The Lillegård Rune Stone and The Grave Field in Trädet
I have driven past this rune stone several times without being able to stop. Either because of time constraints and the lack of a good parking space close by. A problem that is more common than you would think as both private people authorities generally want to make our cultural heritage accessible. This time however…
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Levene Church and The Levene Rune Stone
The charming church of Levene is located just outside of the village Stora Levene in the province of Västergötland, Sweden. One tradition says that the church was founded by the Swedish king Håkan Röde (Håkan the Red) who was king of Sweden between 1070 and 1079. This is noted in Västgötalagens Regentlängd (The West Gothland…
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Gudhem Abbey
Gudhem is probably best known for its appearance in the Swedish historical novels The Crusades Trilogy and movie trilogy Arn The Knight’s Templar based on these books. The love interest of the main character Arn, Cecilia Algotsdotter also known as Cicilia Rosa spends 20 years in this abbey as punishment for having relations outside of…
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