Etikett: Iron Age
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The Skärkindstone
En svensk version av texten finns nedanför den engelska. English: The Skärkindstone At Skärkind Old Church in Östergötland County, Sweden two runestones stand, one more unusual than the other. Skärkind Old Church dates back to the 12th century and was originally built of limestone. The church is now a chapel and contains some notable artifacts.…
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The Velanda Runestone
En svensk version av texten finns under den engelska. English: The Velanda Runestone May Thor Hallow!” Thus ends the inscription on this very unusual Swedish runestone. The Velandastenen, or Vg 150 as it is also known, stands by a small gravel road in Väne-Åsaka, Trollhättan Municipality. It is one of nearly 200 known runestones from…
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The chieftains warrior division at Åse
Texten finns på svenska längre ner. Last summer, I traveled to my neighboring country, Norway. I generally find it more difficult to locate ancient monuments in Norway than at home in Sweden, likely due to the algorithms of various search engines favoring the language one most commonly uses, which in my case is Swedish. This…
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The Frösö Stone
En svensk version av texten finns nedanför den engelska. Some runestones have that little extra something that makes them stand out from the rest, and the Frösö stone is no exception. This summer, I visited this runestone, which, located in Östersund on Frösön in Jämtland, is Sweden’s northernmost runestone. Frösön is an island in Lake…
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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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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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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 Cammin Chest
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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