Birger Nerman was a Swedish archaeologist, historian and philologist who specialized in the history and culture of Iron Age Sweden.
Nerman in the 1920s
Royal mounds at Gamla Uppsala, where Nerman conducted much of his early research. In his studies of early Sweden, Nerman sought to combine archaeological evidence from Gamla Uppsala with evidence from Old English and Old Norse literature.
The Stora Hammars stone I of Gotland. Nerman is noted for his archaeological research on Iron Age Gotland.
Grobiņa is a town in South Kurzeme Municipality in the Courland region of Latvia, eleven kilometers east of Liepāja. It was founded by the Teutonic Knights in the 13th century. Some ruins of their Grobina castle are still visible. The town was given its charter in 1695.
Grobiņa town hall
Grobiņa Castle ruins