Sweden Archive
Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - During an excavation in the small village of Tvååker in Halland County, Sweden, archaeologists made a significant discovery: a large Viking Age burial
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The large stone cairn known as Bredarör (sometimes called the King's Grave), located outside Kivik in Scania (Skåne), served as a quarry for local residents
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The Forsa Ring, also known as Forsaringen in Swedish, is an iron artifact originating from Hälsingland, Sweden, dating back to the 9th or 10th
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Ancient Traditions And Customs
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Every year on June 21, a global community comes together to celebrate the summer solstice. These vibrant and enchanting festivals, deeply rooted in
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Osmond wreck (Osmundvraket), a remarkable discovery from the 1550s, sheds light on the thriving iron trade during the reign of Gustav Vasa in
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Äskekärrskeppet, also known as the "Äskekärr Ship," is unique in many ways. It is currently displayed at the Gothenburg Museum in Sweden
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - A large trove of coins dating back to the formation of Sweden in the 1100s has been discovered at Brahe Church on Visingsö, the
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeological evidence suggests that numerous ancient civilizations practiced artificial cranial modifications. While it is established that Vikings did undergo permanent body modifications, such
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Artifacts
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - For the past two years, archaeologists have excavated in the Old Town of Kalmar, Sweden. Recently, at a press conference held at Kalmar
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Since the early Holocene period, people in northern Europe have enjoyed hazelnuts, a powerful and easy-to-obtain energy source. Now, archaeologists can recreate ancient
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Philip Christoph Königsmarck, a Count from Sweden who lived from 1665 to 1694, was a man who had adversaries. Looking back at history,
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - The first analysis of the Early Neolithic stone burial chamber unearthed in Tiarp, near Falköping in Sweden, is now completed. Archaeologists say the
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DNA
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - In the early 1990s, excavations took place at Huseby-Klev, an early Mesolithic hunter-fisher site on the Swedish west coast, where a piece of
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Österödskvinnan (Österöd woman) lived 10,000 years ago in Sweden. Her skeleton, the oldest ever found in Sweden, is now, for the first
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Anyone, regardless of age, place, and nation, can always find something of archaeological value. You have to keep your eyes open; before you
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - An international research team led by maritime archaeologist Staffan von Arbin of the University of Gothenburg has studied what might be Europe's oldest
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As previously reported on Ancient Pages, the discovery of a mysterious Viking grave in the Swedish Mountains last year was hailed as one
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - A man digging in his garden was more than surprised when he discovered a skeleton. A human jawbone with several teeth left turned
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As an archaeologist, you can expect to find some surprises everywhere. That's what happened during recent excavations on a hill in Tystberga outside
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many fascinating archaeological findings have been made in Sweden, but when it comes to petroglyphs, this is one of the biggest discoveries in
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Ancient Roman coins have previously been discovered on Gotland in Sweden. However, coming across similar ancient items on the deserted island of Gotska
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Featured Stories
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Many have never heard of Viking Botvid, but his story is remarkable, and his legacy is still alive in Sweden. Botvid was born
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - When the human remains found on board the Swedish warship Vasa were investigated, it was initially determined that the skeleton designated "G" was
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Björketorp Runestone in Blekinge, Sweden, is part of a burial ground with menhirs standing alone and forming stone circles. Dated to about 400-700
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Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Norse legends tell the legendary Ynglings were descendants of the Norse gods and the oldest known Scandinavian King dynasty. In ancient times, they
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Megalithic graves appeared more or less simultaneously in southern Sweden and were first used around 3500–3300 cal BC. Image credit: Jorchr - CC BY-SA
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Underwater archaeologists investigating the sunken Medieval warship Gribshunden (1495) have found a “treasure trove” of exotic spices and plants imported from distant lands.
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Enigmatic Ales Stenar (in English, Ale's Stones) are located high on the ridge above the old-fashioned fishing village of Kåseberga near Ystad, Sweden. Ales stones,
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - The Ledberg Stone (Ledbergsstenen) is considered one of Sweden's most beautiful Runestones. This landmark is also one of the country's more familiar runestones due
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - About 1,000 years ago, legendary King Harald Bluetooth built several impressive Viking fortresses. Today, there is not much left of these once powerful
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The remains of two medieval merchant vessels, known as cogs, were discovered over the summer in Varberg in Sweden, during an archaeological excavation.
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - A 1000-year-old silver hoard containing several beautiful torque-style neck rings, arm rings, and coins has been discovered in Viggbyholm, Täby, outside Stockholm. “This
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It does not happen very often that archeologists find Viking swords. Swords were extremely important to ancient Vikings, but these weapons were expensive
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - Marine archaeologists from Vrak - Museum of Wreck have found the wreck of the naval vessel Äpplet, Vasa's sister ship. The ship was
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - Researchers at the University of Gothenburg has shown that the Skaftö wreck had probably taken on cargo in Gdansk in Poland and was
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Archaeology
Conny Waters - AncientPages.com - New excavations in Uppåkra, Sweden are at the forefront of cutting edge archaeological techniques. By combining big data, data modeling and DNA sequencing,
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The Hammer of Thor is frequently mentioned in Norse mythology as a valuable object that belonged to the mighty thunder God Thor. Several
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - New excavations have coaxed more secrets from Gribshunden, the flagship of the Danish-Norwegian King Hans which mysteriously sank in 1495 off the coast
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Archaeology
Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - The remains of a famous Sami woman have been identified amongst Karolinska Institutet's anatomical collections. Representatives from the medical history and heritage department
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Archaeology
Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Archaeologists in Sweden have every reason to be excited after learning a mountain climber came across an extraordinary 1,200-year-old brooch. Based on recent
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Once upon a time, there was an important commercial center on Gotland, the island located in the Baltic Sea, approximately 90 kilometers east
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A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Ingvar Vittfarne (in English: Ingvar the Far-Travelled) (ca. 1016-1041) was a Viking chieftain from Mälardalen (Malar Valley) in central Sweden. The Icelandic saga
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