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10/04/2011

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Dogs are known from the Mesolithic period onwards in Scandinavia. They would have been used by the Vikings as guards, hunting animals, and even as pets. Dogs similar to the Norwegian Elkhound are known from the Mesolithic period, and remains of greyhounds have been found from as early as the Roman period. Sheepdog types have also been recovered.

Dogs, along with horses, are the only animals to be buried as whole bodies, and some have been given their own separate graves. Kristina Jennbert notes that four difference breeds of dog are known from examination of Iron Age remains in Scandinavia.

The dog Garmr guarded the gates of Hel in Norse mythology, and the goddess Frigg is said to have traveled in a cart pulled by a pack of dogs.

Dogs are depicted on several runestones too.

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By Rvenes (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

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Dogs

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