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Öland Silver 'Valkyrie' Pendant from the Statens historiska museum
Discovered in Öland, Köping in Sweden and dating to the Viking Age. It depicts a female figure in elaborate dress holding a cup or horn, and may represent a Valkyrie. For more images of this item, see…
Fotevikens Museum
Foteviken Museum is a living history museum with a recreated Viking town.
The Viking Age Town of Birka, Sweden
A short essay about the Viking Age town of Birka in Sweden
Replica of the Vallstena picture stone
Copy of the picture stone of Vallstena with reconstructed colouring. The original can today be seen at Fornsalen in Visby, Gotland.
Runestone: Täby (U 133)
Runestone, today part of the wall of Täby church. The inscription informs us that Guðlaug raised the stone for Holmi, her son who died in Lombardy.
Tjelvar's grave
According to legend the grave of the discoverer of Gotland. This stone ship setting dates to the Nordic Bronze Age and shows that the ship settings of later periods belong in a Scandinavian tradition that goes back many years.
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…
Fountain depicting Thor in Torshälla, Sweden
This fountain depicting Thor riding his chariot pulled by his goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr, is located in the centre of the Swedish town Torshälla, whose etymology derives from the elements Tor- (Thor) and -harg (stone alter / place of…
Photo of the Royal Mounds at Gamla Uppsala
The three barrows at Gamla Uppsala in Sweden, known as the Royal Mounds. This was the site of Sweden's 'thing' (general assembly) during the Viking Age, and the most important religious and political centre in Sweden.
Sigurd on the Ramsund rock carving
This is Sigurd pictured slaying the dragon Fáfnir on the Ramsund carving (Sö 101), carved in the mid eleventh century. The runic inscription which the scenes from the legend accompany refers to a certain Sigriðr raising a bridge in memory of her…
Tjängvide (I) Picture Stone from Gotland
Tjängvide I (G 110) dates from c.700-800 AD and is now on display at Statens historiska museum in Stockholm. It is one of several Gotlandic picture stones with similar motifs; a ship under sail below and a scene that appears to be a welcome to…