Etikett: Migration Period
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Advent calendar Flap 2, the Bautasten in Runsten
Flap 2Behind flap number two in the Advent calendar hides the Bautasten in Runsten on the island of Öland. A bautasten is a type of standing stone that is known in other parts of Europe as a menhir. The word bautasten comes from the Old Norse bautarsteinn or bautasteinn. Bauta meant “to strike,” perhaps referring…
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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 Pittfall traps at Västanbäck-Kortingön
En svensk version av texten finns under den engelska. English: The Pittfall traps at Västanbäck-Kortingön On my trip to the most northern part of Scandinavia during the summer of 2024, I chose to take a break 16 km northeast of Junsele along road 90 at a place called Västanbäck-Kortingön to stretch my legs. The driving…
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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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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 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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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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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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Skedemosse Sacrificial Bog
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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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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