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Swedish Troll Souvenir with Shield and Flag
Trolls with horned helmets and either a shield with Swedish flag or flag. Seen in Copenhagen airport.
Souvenir Viking Ship Key-ring with Swedish Flag
Key-ring photographed in Copenhagen airport. Swedish flag with stylised Viking ship
Jamtli
Jamtli is the museum for the Jämtland and Härjedalen regions. It is an open-air museum, and also houses the Överhogdal tapestries.
The Vikings! - Crash Course World History 224 Video
In which John Green teaches you about Vikings! That's right, one of our most requested subjects, the Vikings, right here on Crash Course. So what's the deal with Vikings? Well, the stuff you've heard about them may not be true. The Vikings weren't…
Rune-stone U 489
Late Viking Age granite rune-stone, originally from Morby in Uppland, Sweden, now in Universitetsparken, Uppsala. Signed by the renowned rune-carver Øpir, it was commissioned by a woman, probably called Gullaug, in memory of her daughter Gillaug,…
Staff from Gävle
This staff has been found in Gävle (Gastrikland, Sweden) in a grave in which have been also discovered weaponry and jewellery. It has been made from iron with ornamentation with bronze animal heads. In the lower part it has ring with tree iron…
Kulturen: kulturhistoriska föreningen för Södra Sverige
Kulturen manages a number of museums and open-air museums in southern Sweden. The main museum is Kulturen i Lund which is also near Universitetsmuseet
Anundshög, Västerås (Slide-Show)
Anundshög, Västerås. Sveriges största gravhög.
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
(A slide-show with pictures of Anundshög burial mound, ship settings and surrounding area. Captions in Swedish)
Digitala Sveriges Runinskrifter
Digital copies of the series "Sveriges runinskrifter", the standard corpus work for Swedish runic inscriptions.
Blog post: Vikings galore!
A blog post with photographs of Viking reenactors in Sweden.
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.
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 ...
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…
Runestone: Öl 27
Runestone in Sandby churchyard.
× þeiR bryþr × reistu × kubl × þia × eftiR × sustur ×× sina × afriþi × auk × eftR × suein × faþur × sin × koþan ×
ÞæiR brøðr ræistu kumbl þessa æftiR systur sina, Afriði, ok æftiR…
× þeiR bryþr × reistu × kubl × þia × eftiR × sustur ×× sina × afriþi × auk × eftR × suein × faþur × sin × koþan ×
ÞæiR brøðr ræistu kumbl þessa æftiR systur sina, Afriði, ok æftiR…
Runestone: Öl 28
Runestone in Gårdby churchyard.
§P harþruþr + raisti + stain + þinsa + aiftiR + sun + sin + s(m)iþ + trak + kuþan + halfburin + bruþiR ans + sitr + kar¶þum ¶ brantr + rit - × iak þu raþa + khn
§Q harþruþr + raisti + stain +…
§P harþruþr + raisti + stain + þinsa + aiftiR + sun + sin + s(m)iþ + trak + kuþan + halfburin + bruþiR ans + sitr + kar¶þum ¶ brantr + rit - × iak þu raþa + khn
§Q harþruþr + raisti + stain +…
Runestone: Öl 36
A runestone at Bjärby.
Runestone: Öl 39
× sua(i)(n) kiarþi × iftiR × sin × faþur × uikar × sun × ainiki × sialfR × raisti × stain ×
Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi sialfR ræisti stæin.
Sveinn gerði eptir sinn fôður, Víkar, sonr einigi sjalfr…
Svæinn gærði æftiR sinn faður, Vikar, sunn æinigi sialfR ræisti stæin.
Sveinn gerði eptir sinn fôður, Víkar, sonr einigi sjalfr…
Runestone: Öl 40
· kuþbratr auk suain raistu staina þina aftiR bruþr sina kuþa asualt auk h...f...
Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða Asvald ok ...
Guðbrandr ok Sveinn reistu steina þessa eptir brœðr sína góða…
Guðbrandr ok Svæinn ræistu stæina þenna æftiR brøðr sina goða Asvald ok ...
Guðbrandr ok Sveinn reistu steina þessa eptir brœðr sína góða…