This text is a short paper I submitted to a course at Linköping University: A formative moment in Norse religion seems to have been the war between the Aesir and Vanir gods. The story is described in both Voluspa and…
Category: Sweden
Can You Explain Your Election to Me?
An American friend asked me to explain our recent elections here in Sweden. Presumeably why one in five of us voted for a racist party with roots in Nazism? Here is an edited version of my answer.
Medeltidsveckan 2022 – a Bit of a Disappointment
The annual Medieval Week has just ended in Visby, on the island of Gotland, with its city walls dating back to the 13th century (and before) and more than one hundred medieval churches around the island. While there were some…
Medeltidsveckan 2021
This year’s Medieval Week on the island of Gotland was a reduced affair, and disappointing in a number of ways. Because of Covid, last year was digital only. No meeting up with folks on Gotland, no people dressing up in…
Anundshög
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Viking Age Monuments in Brunna
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Medieval Week 2019
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Gudings slott
In mid-July I finally had an opportunity to take part in an archaeological excavation. I spent four days on a dig by the Gotland Archaeological Field School at a place called Gudings slott, near Eke in southeastern Gotland.
Ancient Monuments on Lidingö 1: Revisited
After visiting the Stockby burial mound Lidingö 6:1 recently, I wrote to the Stockholm County Administrative Board,to point out that the sign describing the site was gone and that cement blocks had been dumped on the side of the mound.…
Ancient Monuments on Lidingö 3: Långängen Grave Field
Not far from Stockby is Långängens gård, a farmstead that apparently dates back to the Viking period. Today a popular cafe, the hill behind the current farm buildings was the cemetary (Lidingö 9:1) for the farmstead during the Late Iron…