Nordic Bronze Age
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The Nordic Bronze Age is a period of Scandinavian prehistory from c. 2000/1750–500 BC.
Model of a Bronze Age house, National Museum of Denmark
Kivik 'King's Grave', Sweden, c. 1400 BC
Skrydstrup Woman, preserved textiles in oak coffin, Denmark, c. 1300 BC
Håga burial mound, Sweden, c. 1000 BC
Battle Axe culture
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The Battle Axe culture, also called Boat Axe culture, is a Chalcolithic culture that flourished in the coastal areas of the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula and southwest Finland, from c. 2800 BC –
Nordic Bronze Age
…BC. The Nordic Bronze Age culture emerged in the period 2000-1750 BC as a continuation of the Late Neolithic Dagger period, which is rooted in the Battle Axe culture (the Swedish-Norwegian Corded Ware variant), the Single Grave Culture (the north German and Danish Corded Ware variant) and Bell Beaker culture, as…
Battle Axe culture
Boat-shaped battle axe, characteristic of Scandinavian and coastal-German Corded Ware.
Battle Axe culture ceramics
Amber disk and beads from Denmark