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The Källunge weather vane
The Källunge weather vane from Källunge, Gotland, Sweden was once on the church there. It is decorated in a transitional Mammen/Ringerike style.
Nordiskt runnamnslexikon by Lena Peterson
Institutet för språk og folkminnen has Lena Peterson's Nordiskt Runnamnslexikon available for pdf download or to buy as a physical book. The book is a dictionary of personal names found in runic inscriptions.
News: The Spillings Hoard
The Spillings hoard is the largest Viking-Age silver treasure hoard ever found. It was discovered in 1999 while the finders were filming a programme on looting of sites by metal detectorists.
Birkaportalen
Birkaportalen gathers together a range of resources about Viking Age Birka and Hovgården.
Det vikingatida bågskyttet i Birka – ett exempel på en framstående stridskonst med främmande inslag
'This paper deals with archery in the Viking Age settlement of Birka and in particular the presence of Euro Asiatic, steppe nomadic archery equipment at the Birka Garrison and one Birka grave.'
Runestone
This is a runestone on or near the campus of Uppsala Universitet.
Runestone Detail
Detail of a runestone on or near the campus of Uppsala Universitet.
Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
Burial Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
The Vendel XIV Helmet
A helmet in the museum at Gamla Uppsala
Model Viking Boat
This is a picture of a model viking boat at Gamla Uppsala.
Anundshög Runestone and Burial Mound
Anundshög Runestone and Burial Mound
Anundshög Ship Setting
Anundshög Ship Setting
Runestone
Runestone by the women's toilets in Arlanda Airport
Detail of Runestone
Detail of a runestone by the women's toilets in Arlanda Airport. "Brother."
Vendel and Valsgärde Helmets on Pinterest
A Pinterest page for photographs of the Vendel and Valsgärde helmets.
Runestone, Sm 163
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
...- × r--sa × kuml × iftiR × bofa × ...
... r[ei]sa kuml eptir Bófa ...
... r[æi]sa kuml æftiR Bofa ...
Upplev Vendeltidens Gamla Uppsala med ny interaktiv app
A new app is coming that will permit visitors to Gamla Uppsala to see the environment as it used to be on an iPad that they can borrow from the museum.
Runestone, Sm 167
Inscription (Samnordisk runtextdatabas):
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
...-ri * li... ...
... lé[t] ...
... le[t] ...
The inscription occurs on a grave-slab fragment.
Runestone: Öl 1 (Karlevi stone)
This stone reads:
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
§A + s-a... --(s)- i(a)s · satr · aiftir · si(b)(a) · kuþa · sun · fultars · in hons ·· liþi · sati · at · u · -ausa-þ-... +: fulkin : likr : hins : fulkþu : flaistr (:)· uisi · þat · maistar · taiþir :…
Runestone: Öl 26
Runestone in Sandby churchyard
× kuþfastr × auk × helgun × auk × neniR × þaun myþkini × litu × reisa × stein × eftiR × suein × faþur
Guðfastr ok Hælgunnr ok NænniR, þaun møðgini letu ræisa stæin æftiR Svæin…
× kuþfastr × auk × helgun × auk × neniR × þaun myþkini × litu × reisa × stein × eftiR × suein × faþur
Guðfastr ok Hælgunnr ok NænniR, þaun møðgini letu ræisa stæin æftiR Svæin…