Browse Items (71 total)
Sort by:
Rune stone (U 859)
Rune stone from Måsta, Uppland (U 859).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
fastbiurn ' uk þurun ' litu rita ... bru kirua| |abtiR ' inkifa-... ...(u)anta sin ' kuþ hialbi hont ' osmunrt risti…
Rune stone (U 860)
Rune stone fromMåsta,Uppland (U 860).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
fa[s]tbiurn ' uk þuruþr ' litu rita stin þino ' [abtiR inkifast buanta sin] ' [k](u)[i](þ) hia[l]bi hons ant uk|…
Rune stone (U 867)
Rune stone from Gryta, Uppland (U 867).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
+ þialfi + kiarþi + bro + at bulu + totuR sina + ali + ok + ola[ifr + l]itu hakua + at + þialfa + faþur sin + ika + at +…
Rune stone (U 873)
Rune stone from Örsunda, Uppland (U 873).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
* þikfastr * lit * raisa * stain * þinsa * at * hulmkair * faþur * sin * koþan ** kuþ * hielbi * sal hans *…
Rune stone (U 875)
Rune stone from Focksta, Uppland (U 875).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
' þurui ' auk ' inkikirþ ' auk ' þialfi ' þaun litu rita stin þino ' aftiR kalf ' buanta þuruiaR '…
Rune stone (U 943)
Rune stone from Ärkebiskopsgården,Uppsala, Uppland (U 943).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
biaurn × auk × ... ...ain × atir × -[ka]... ant +Bjôrn ok ... [st]ein eptir ...…
Rune stone (U 945)
Rune stone inDanmarkskyrka, Uppland (U 945).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
× sikniutr × auk × auiþr × litu × raisa × stain × at × ofaik × faþur…
Rune stone (U 947)
Rune stone from Berga, Fålebro, Uppland (U 947).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
þurstin : auk : uiki : lit : gRra : buru : þisi : friR : osuraR : ont : mags| |sins : nu is : sal : sagat : sua…
Rune stone (U 987)
Rune stone from Funbokyrka, Uppland (U 987).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
katil ' auk| |kuriþr ' litu rosa stin þino × oftiR þurstin sun sin uiþi auk rikuiþr ' þiR ristu…
Rune stone (U 990)
Rune stone from Broby, Uppland (U 990).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
' uaþr + auk × þakn × auk × kunar + raistu × stain + þana × at × haursa ×…
Rune stone (Vs 9)
Rune stone from Saltängsbron, Västmanland(Vs 9).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
× kisl × lit × kera × buru × eftR × osl × sun × sin × han…
Remains of St Hallvard's Cathedral, Oslo
St Hallvard's Cathedral was first built in the twelfth century, and fell out of use in the seventeenth century. It's remains are now visible in Oslo.
St Hallvard shot full of arrows and killed when he tried to defend a pregnant woman from attack.…
St Hallvard shot full of arrows and killed when he tried to defend a pregnant woman from attack.…
Reconstructed Viking Age church in Greenland
Thjodhild (Þjóðhild) stands on the low wall surrounding the reconstructed Viking Age church at the Viking settlement of Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk), Greenland. This was the settlement where Erik the Red lived. Although he was a pagan, his wife…
Remains of the Viking Age church at Brattahlíð
Remains of the Viking Age church at Brattahlid (Brattahlíð). Thjodhild (Þjóðhild), Eirik the Red's wife, had the church built when she converted to Christianity. Areconstruction of the churchstands on the hillside…
View into the interior of Thjodhild's Church
Thjodhild (Þjóðhild) had a church built in the Viking settlement of Brattahlíð (Qassiarsuk), Greenland. The reconstruction shows how the interior might have looked. It is small and would not have accommodated many people.
Remains of Church at Qassiarsuk
The remains of a church from c.1300 at Quassiarsuk (Brattahlid / Brattahlíð) in Greenland. Remains of an earlier church were found under these remains. The church is surrounded by a turf wall.
Gol Stave Church
Gol Stave Church was moved to the Folkemuseum in the late 19th century. Only about one third of the surviving church was used (those parts that were thought to be medieval). The church that stands at the Folkemuseum now was modelled on Borgund Stave…
The Abbey of St Olav in Tønsberg
The Abbey of St Olaf, the Viking saint, in Tønsberg. The photographs show the remains of the church attached to the abbey, and a bronze model of it. The church is circular, being the only round church in Vestfold.
Original medieval three-panel carved wood altar of St. Olaf's church in Bø, Norway (ca. 1180).
Interior of the church of St. Olaf in Bø (built around 1180). Original medieval three-panel carved wood altar, with the crowning of Mary featured in the middle panel.
Original medieval forged chandelier from St. Olaf's church in Bø, Norway (ca. 1180).
The church in Bø was built around 1180 and was dedicated to St. Olaf. The semi-circle apse in the chancel was added at a later date. The forged iron chandelier is one of the elements in the church that remained from the middle ages.