Valsgärde
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Valsgärde or Vallsgärde is a farm on the Fyris river, about three kilometres north of Gamla Uppsala, the ancient centre of the Swedish kings and of the pagan faith in Sweden. The present farm dates fr
The grave field of Valsgärde.
The oval outline behind the helmet shows the probable size of the shield.
The Vikings Begin 55 - warrior sword, 7th century
Vendel
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Vendel is a village at Tierp Municipality in Uppland, Sweden. The village overlooks Vendelsjön, a long inland stretch of water near the Vendel river which has its confluence with the river Fyris. Vend
Valsgärde
…graves are from the 11th century. The site was found and excavated by archaeologists in the 1920s, and before this similar graves had only been found at Vendel, which gave its name to this period of the Scandinavian Iron Age. The graves are princely, and are almost identical to ones found in England, at Sutton…
Ottarshögen in Vendel
Helmet from a 7th-century ship burial, Vendel