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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

#OpenAccess Short report Immonen, V. (2026). A Livonian pilgrim badge from Masku, South-West Finland. doi.org/10.66449/for... The Masku find is a significant northernmost addition to the small group of pilgrim badges from #Livonia. #Medieval #Archaeology

The front is decorated with a relief of the seated Virgin Mary with the Christ Child on her lap. The Virgin holds a sceptre with a lily on its top on her left side.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#OpenAccess Moesgaard, J. C. (2026). Hvad siger den arkæologiske kontekst om møntbrug i vikingetiden? [Eng sum: What does the archaeological context say about coin use in the Viking Age? A case-study based on recent excavations in Sigtuna] doi.org/10.66449/for... #VikingAge #Medieval #Archaeology

Coin minted by king Olof Skotkonung ca 1030

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

#OpenAccess Hedberg, E. et al. (2026). Geophysical investigation of a plateau at Kugghamn: Ground-penetrating radar survey at Björkö, Sweden. The survey identified two previously unidentified burial mounds. doi.org/10.66449/for... #VikingAge #Medieval #Birka #Georadar #LiDAR #Archaeology

Georeferenced ReflexW depth slices above an aerial photograph of the plateau from Google Earth 2021. With suggested interpretations of mounds marked with rings.

The survey area, marked squares, and the hillshade model made of the National LiDAR data from Birkaportalen

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Spännande resultat publicerat i senaste numret av Fornvännen uppmärksammas i media. Lyssna på radioinslaget och läs artikeln av Thomas Eriksson, Ylva Telldahl och Maria Neijman som är öppen för alla (doi.org/10.66449/for...) www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/sver...

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

#OpenAccess Fridell, S. (2026). Bidrag till Sparlösainskriftens tolkning. [Eng sum: Contributions to the interpretation of the Sparlösa inscription] doi.org/10.66449/for... Parallels are drawn to the Rök stone and its vision of Ragnarök. #Runes #VikingAge #Archaeology

First of the four sides of runic inscriptions on the Sparlösa stone. At the base is a pitcture of a man holding up the text. Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg

Third side of the Sparlösa stone. Snakes are twining around firgures that have been interpreted as an owl and a crane. Photo: Bengt A. Lundberg

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

#OpenAccess Eriksson, T., Telldahl, Y., & Neijman, M. (2026). A cairn in Roslagen with the oldest shoe in Sweden. doi.org/10.66449/for... Swedish cairn with Roman cauldron along with mounts for two drinking horns, and parts of a shoe dating from around 70–250 CE. #Archaeology #IronAge

Reconstruction of the horns and the Ostland cauldron found in the grave. Photo of the terminal mounts. Drawings: Faith-Ell, ATA. Reconstruction and photo: Thomas Eriksson

The hide fragments that were part of a shoe. Note the diagonal crease on the larger fragment and the small holes for lacing at top of same fragment. Photo: Thomas Eriksson.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

A new issue of Fornvännen is now published #OpenAccess #Roman #IronAge leather shoes, georadar surveys at #VikingAge Birka, #Medieval coins at Sigtuna, #runes, flat footed #Neolithic hunters, pilgrims in Finland, and several book reviews on #Archaeology #History publicera.kb.se/fornvannen/i...

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Vol 121 Nr 2 (2026) | Fornvännen

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#OpenAccess Short report Gustafsson, N. B. (2026). Some notes on an atypical scabbard chape from Paviken, Gotland. doi.org/10.66449/for... Author on parallels in #Slavic parts of the Baltic for an unusual #VikingAge scabbard ornament found on Gotland.

The scabbard chape from Paviken I. Photo: Ny Björn Gustafsson

Scabbard chape from Fresendorf, Germany on the left, and from Haithabu harbour, Germany on the right

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

FORNVÄNNEN Journal published since 1906. Articles, news, reviews on Nordic #Archaeology, #HeritageScience, #Medieval, #History, #ArtHistory, #Runes. Contributions in English, and in Swedish, Danish, & Norwegian with Engl. summary. #PeerReview, #DiamondOpenAccess publicera.kb.se/fornvannen

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

#OpenAcess Kort meddelande Löwenborg, D., & Löfstedt, J. (2026). AI-assisterad inventering av hällristningar i Mälardalen. Fornvännen, 121(1). doi.org/10.66449/for... Mobil applikation skapad för att identifiera potentiella lokaler för hällristningar utifrån prediktionsmodell. #Archaeology

En vy av applikationen ”Rock Art Mälardalen” i mobilformat

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#OpenAccess #Archaeology #Mesolithic #Osteology Westermark & Arcini. "Fatally wounded: A Mesolithic skeleton from Väversunda parish, Östergötland, Sweden." doi.org/10.66449/for... An individual buried ca 9000 years ago revealed to have a quartz-slotted bone point in a vertebrae. #AncientSky

The skeleton of the seated individual as exposed in situ during excavation. Photo: Ann Westermark, The Archaeologists, National historical museums.

The third lumbar vertebra of the individual and the quartz-slotted bone point. The vertebra is shown from above (left) and from below (right), revealing the notch of the projectile. Below, a close-up of the bone point is shown; the red arrow indicates two small quartz fragments fixed with resin within the notch. Photo: Caroline Ahlström Arcini, The Archaeologists, National historical museums

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

#OpenAccess #Archaeology #Pottery #Neolithic Wehlin & Stilborg: "Den neolitiska keramiken i Dalarna: Ett hantverks uppkomst och försvinnande." [Eng sum: The Neolithic Ceramics in Dalarna, Sweden: The rise and disappearance of a ceramic craftmanship] doi.org/10.66449/for... #AncientSky

Middle Neolithic pottery from Dalarna. Rim with large pit impressions and a geometric pattern with drawn lines. Photo: Ole Stilborg

Thin section showing possible bone fragment temper in pottery

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Hjørungdahl , T. Johanna Mestorfs handskrivna museijournal: En primärkälla till kunskap om 1800-talets kvinnliga museipersonals vardag samt treperiodsystemets reception i Kiel. [Eng sum: Johanna Mestorf’s handwritten journal] #OpenAccess #HistoryOfArchaeology doi.org/10.66449/for...

Johanna Mestorf. Institut für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, Christian-Albrechts Universität, Kiel

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Maixner, B. (2026). Implications of recent metal detector finds for the interpretation of King Øystein’s Harbour in Agdenes, Norway. Fornvännen, 121(1). Was this site an important seasonal market place? #OpenAccess #Archaeology #VikingAge doi.org/10.66449/for...

Insular mount from Agdenes. Lead models from the Viking Age used for the serial production of cast bronze jewellery have so far been found at only a few sites in Norway.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Fornvännen is now published on the Swedish platform for Diamond #OpenAccess research journals! Read the first issue for 2026 here: publicera.kb.se/fornvannen/i... In this issue: Neolithic pottery, Viking Age harbour, History of Archaeology, Mesolithic osteology, 3D, AI and much more #Archaeology

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Vol 121 Nr 1 (2026) | Fornvännen

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

#OpenAccess Wramler, A: "Naust i sikte. Spår efter en forntida hamnbebyggelse vid Albrunna på Öland." Short report on newly discovered #cropmarks on the Swedish island of Öland, interpreted as boat houses part of a harbour site. [in Swe] #Archaeology #IronAge #Medieval urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Aerial photograph from 2023 showing crop marks from post-borne buildings along the shoreline, with elevation curves added. Photo by Lantmäteriet.

Analytical drawing with interpretation of the postholes as mainly boat house structures by Wramler

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

#OpenAccess Ahlström Arcini, C., & Marklund, N: "Emergency care – in vain." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Short report with examples of head injuries on #IronAge and #Medieval skulls from Sweden. #Archaeology #Osteology #AncientSky

Skull from Dominican Convent in Åhus, Scania, Sweden, with injured bone flap on the top. Photo: Staffan Hyll

CT image of skull from a boat grave in Old Uppsala, Sweden, with the injured pieces of the parietal bone put back into the skull digitally.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

#OpenAccess Wallander, A. "Skifteskartor och äldre inventeringar som källor till kulturlandskapet och dess fornlämningar." [Eng sum. Land reform maps and older inventories of ancient monuments as information of the cultural landscape] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #History #Cartography

Map for the Great Partition of the village of Björned in Ångermanland, Sweden, established in 1765 by Mauritz Hakvin Lundström

Map for the Statutory Partition of the village of Björned established in 1840 by N. Backlund, rectified by Anna Kristensson

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

#OpenAccess Hansson, A., & Hansson, M: "Timber use, timber trade and dendrochronological data in Denmark and Sweden in the medieval and early modern era." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... This case study show the potential of analysis using research databases #Dendrochronology #Medieval #Scandinavia #SEAD

Diagram with dendrochronological datings of timbers from Copenhagen

Diagram with dendrochronological datings of timbers from Stockholm

Diagram with dendrochronological datings of timbers from Gothenburg

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

#OpenAccess Fridell, S. "Till tolkningen av runpinnen från Staraja Ladoga." [Eng sum: Interpretation of the rune stick from Staraja Ladoga] A new translation of the 9th C #runic inscription found in Russia in 1950. #Archaeology #VikingAge #AncientSky urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Middle part of the runic incription on a wooden stick. Photo: Sofia Pereswetoff-Morath

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

#OpenAccess Skoglund, G., & Monti, C. (2025). "First strontium isotope analysis of a heritage hemp fabric in Iceland." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Strontium isotope signals indicate that hemp fibers from the Icelandic fabric originated in France or Scotland. #Archaeology #Science #AncientSky

Wall-hanging likely made in the early 17th century. Wool-needlework on
hemp ground.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

#OpenAccess Källström, M. (2025). "Runstenen U 115 i Runby och en senvikingatida stormannasläkt." [Eng sum: The runestone U 115 at Runby and a late Viking Age magnate family] #Runic #VikingAge #Medieval #History urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Photomontage showing the interrelationship between the five fragments of runestone U 115. Photo: Magnus Källström

Notes on the runic inscription on U 114 and U 115 in manuscript R 555, at the Uppsala University Library.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

#OpenAccess Gustaf Trotzig (2025) "Böcker i Birka." [Eng sum: Books in Birka] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Christian influence in the #VikingAge town of #Birka as seen through manuscripts as well as finds of book parts reworked as jewelry. #Medieval #Archaeology

Book mount converted into a pendant found at Birka, and part of a book mount found at Adelsö. Photo: Sven Kalmring

Part of a paten from grave 632 converted into a pendant

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#OpenAccess Hellgren et al: Bronsåldersliv vid en våtmark: Profana och rituella aktiviteter i Borstahusen, Skåne, under mellersta bronsålder [Eng sum: Bronze Age life by a wetland: Profane and ritual activities c. 1200–800 BC.] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #BronzeAge

A polished human bone from Borstahusen that was found in one of the layers of the wetland that could have been used for preparation of skin.
Photo: Felicia Hellgren, National Historical Museums, Sweden

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

#OpenAccess Jes Wienberg, Jonas Monié Nordin och Martin Hansson recenserar tre nya avhandlingar av Jenny Nyberg, Charina Knutsson respektive Anna Andréasson Sjögren: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology #History #Sami

Bokomslag för Anna Andréasson Sjögrens avhandling "Från kål till Paradis: Medeltidens trädgårdar inom dagens Sverige."

Bokomslag för Jenny Nybergs avhandling "Förgängligheten och evigheten: Samhällselitens förhållande till döden genom omhändertagandet av de döendes och dödas kroppar i det tidigmoderna Sverige ca 1500–1800."

Bokomslag för Charina Knutssons avhandling "Indigenous Archaeology in Sweden: Aligning Contract Archaeology with National and International Policies on Indigenous Heritage."

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

In 2009 an early 6th Century gold bracteate was discovered in Trollhättan, Sweden, with a #runic inscription around its border. In a short report (Swe) Staffan Fridell suggests a the last name should be read backwards. #OpenAccess #Archaeology #Linguistics urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Gold foil round pendant, with a central horse motif, surrounded by runes.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

#OpenAccess Rosén, C.: "Kyrkan i Nya Lödöse: dess byggnadshistoria med några paralleller." (Eng sum: The Nya Lödöse Church: Building history and some parallels) urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Archaeological excavations of a 16th church revealed grand plans that had to be scaled down #Archaeology #History

Excavation plan of the oldest part of the church, by Christina Rosén

Plan of what the church looked like around the year 1600.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

#OpenAccess Andersson, H. (2025). "Medeltida kalkmålningar på Wanås slott." (Eng sum: Medieval wallpaintings at the castle of Wanås) urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Medieval wallpainting with biblical motifs were discovered in 2005 at the castle of Wanås, Sweden. #History #Iconography

View of the castle from the north side. Reconstructions and extensions were executed mainly during the 17th century. At the beginning of the 19th century the castle was given the exterior in Renaissance style that can still be seen today. The medieval part of the castle is clearly defined in the western part of the building. Photo: Herman Andersson

Detail of the Crucifixion showing the robber Gestas whose soul is
taken by the devil and two angels collecting the blood of Christ. Photo: Anna Flarup

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

#OpenAccess Gardeła, L., & Borake, T. L. (2025). "The Spur Goad from Herslev: tracing the Legacy of a Western Slavic Rider in Viking Age Denmark." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... On #VikingAge zoomorphic spurs and #Slavic iconography from Poland. #IronAge #Medieval #Archaeology

Herslev metal goad with a figure of a horse attached, an x-ray showing the goad’s construction, and a reconstruction of the zoomorphic spur it was once part of . Photos by Museum Vestsjælland. Figure by Leszek Gardeła

The ‘visual grammar’ of the Western Slavic animal style in Poland, with horses, cattle and snake figures on jewelry and horse equipment. Image design Leszek Gardeła.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

#OpenAccess #Archaeology Papmehl-Dufay, L., Karlsson Reinhold, L., & Ericson, P. G. P. (2025). En rovfågelsklo från Gamla Skogsby på Öland. [Eng sum: A raptor claw from Gamla Skogsby and what it reveals about the elites] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #IronAge #Osteology #MigrationPeriod

The eagle claw from Gamla Skogsby. The claw measures 27 mm from the joint surface to the tip. Photo: Linn Karlsson Reinhold

Plan of the Iron Age longhouse oriented in east-west direction, with the find spot of the raptor claw marked by the middle of the northern wall. By Magdalena Svensson-Frey

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

#OpenAccess Review (in Swedish) by Birgitta Hårdh of Claus von Carnap-Bornheim's "Kriegsbedingt zerstört – wissenschaftlich rekonstruiert: Die PrussiaSammlung aus dem Königsberger Schloss." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Bookcover showing of part of a building with the name Specks Hof carved in stone

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

#OpenAccess #ShortReport Anna Tornberg: "Chronological perspectives on Scanian passage graves: new radiocarbon dates from Gillhög, Öllsjö 7 and Carlshögen." Evidence of burials in #Megalith #PassageGraves in Late #Neolithic and #BronzeAge #Sweden urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Chart with radiocarbon dates from three passage gaves showing use also in Late Neolithic and early Bronze Age

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Happy Easter! In the latest issue Edberg et al use ICP/MA-ES analysis on the ceramic eggs found at Sigtuna and strengthen their origin to Kiev and Ukraine "Glazed ceramic resurrection eggs found in Sweden and their Slavic origins." #OpenAccess #Medieval #Archaeolgy urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Ceramic resurrection egg from Sigtuna. Glossy, with a chestnut-coloured bottom glaze and light yellow glaze pattern of curly brackets. Size: 44 mm. Rattles when shaken. Swedish History Museum, Stockholm.
Photo: Ola Myrin

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Andersson, Adam: "The evolution of Oscar Montelius: a critical historiographical analysis on his academic legacy, and the influences that shaped his later research." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #OpenAcess #Archaeology #History On the impact that Kossinna had on Montelius' work btw 1910-1921.

Oscar Montelius in 1910. An old man with a prominent moustache, dressed in dark coat and black tophat. Standing behind a model of a dolmen megalith and in front of a dispay of stone axes in a glass case covering the whole wall. Source: Stockholmskällan archive
https://stockholmskallan.stockholm.se/post/4548

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Rundkvist, M & Wramler, A: "Vägnät och kvartersindelning på Stockholms malmar före 1600-talets stadsplaneregleringar." [Eng sum: Street networks and block division in Stockholm’s Early Modern suburbs prior to the town plan regulations of the 17th century] #OpenAccess urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Map of Stockholm’s Southern Early Modern suburb before town plan regulation about 1640. Dark green overlay representing streets that the oldest plan and the regulation work plan agree on. Greyish black overlay represent streets that can be located precisely with the aid of the work plan, but not with the oldest plan. Light green overlay represent streets that can be located reasonably precisely with the aid of the oldest plan, but which have no equivalents on the work plan.
Map by Wramler

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

#OpenAccess Hennius, A. et al. 2025: "Järnframställning i blästugn: en uppdaterad kronologi." [Engl sum: An updated chronology of iron production in bloomery furnaces in Sweden] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Evidence of #IronProduction in late #BronzeAge #Sweden through 1250 14C-dates. #Archaeology

Distribution map of registered bloomery sites for iron production in Sweden. Large clusters from southern Småland to Jämtland, but also as far up North as Norrbotten.

One of two KDE_plots divided into the different regions of the study. KDE_plot creates more compressed curves where green and red boundary marks the beginning and end respectively. Evidence of bloomeries in especially Central Sweden, but also northernmost, in the Bronze Age around 1000 BCE.

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Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 28/03/2025

And for those with further interest in Dirhams I recommend this short note from 2024 in @fornvannen.bsky.social on “Dirham Background Radiation” 👇 raa.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...

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Nättidningen Svensk Historia @svenskhistoria.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien delar varje år ut ett antal medaljer för värdefulla och förtjänstfulla insatser och har nu utsett 2025 års mottagare: Tor Broström, Karin Helander, Barbara Törnquist-Plewa och Elina Antell. svenskhistoria.se/fyra-far-med... #svhist

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Fyra får medalj av Vitterhetsakademien - Nättidningen Svensk Historia

Kungl. Vitterhetsakademien delar varje år ut ett antal medaljer för värdefulla och förtjänstfulla insatser och har nu utsett 2025 års mottagare: Tor Broström, Karin Helander…

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Recensioner av "Erkebispegården ved Nidarosdomen" av Øivind Lunde och "The First Farmers on the Island of Bornholm" av Poul Otto Nielsen & Finn Ole Sonne Nielsen. urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Book cover for the book Erkebispegården, showing photo of the Medieval houses of the bishop's manor, with drawings of now lost structures

Book cover for First Farmers on the Island of Bornholm, photo of eight large polished flint axes.

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

#OpenAccess Kort meddelande Odebäck, K. (2024). "Besynnerliga lämningar av sten: vända skålgropsblock, vallar och terrasser i Norvik." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=...

Grey rock outcrops with white markings of a large number of small cup marks

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

#OpenAccess Short report [Swe] Carlsson, T., Bergman, J., Vanhanen, S., & Palm, F. (2024). "Ännu en träkonstruktion i Alvastra källmyr." [Wood construction at Alvastra mire] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... Mångvetenskaplig analys av en nyligen upptäck konstruktion nära Alvastra pålbyggnad

Radiocarbon datings from the two features in the mire indicates that the wood was cut down over a relatively short period, 3950–3650 cal BC

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

#OpenAccess Hänsel, P., Oehrl, S., Widerström, P., Ideström, L., & Munnecke, A. (2024). "The raw material preferences for producing picture stones on Gotland." urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #IronAge #Archaeology #RockArt #Geology

Gotlandic picture stones from the late Scandinavian Iron Age. a) Outer shapes of the picture stone types A, B, C, D, E and the cist stone. b to d: real examples of the types.

Examples of thickly bedded limestone types which were used as raw materials for picture stones. Picture stone details showing characteristics of these limestone types

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

#OpenAccess Skoglund, G., Suomela, J., & Wright, K. (2024). "Icelandic church embroideries on flax and hemp linen: local or imported bast fibers?" urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Paleobotanical analysis of plant origin of textiles at National Museum of #Iceland. #MiddleAge #History

Altar frontal from Höfdi church, western Iceland from the 15th or 16th century, showing the Crucifiction and two women on either side of Christ.

16th century altar frontal from Kalfafell church, north-western Iceland. The central motif of a bishop is embroidered with silk and metal threads, and the surrounding decorative pattern is of wool yarn

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Today the #midwinter sun entered Newgrange. In our latest #OpenAccess issue Nicklasson shines a light on the hidden women in 19th C antiquarian research. E.g. Louisa Beaufort who drew and wrote about the monument in 1828: urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... [Swe/Eng sum] #Archaeology #WomenHistory

Drawing of the famous ancient monument Newgrange in Ireland by Louisa Beaufort in 1828. The mound then covered the megalithic tomb almost completely.

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Patrick Svensson @agrarsvennis.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Kulturreservatet Stensjö by söker ny lantbrukare! www.vitterhetsakademien.se/kulturfastig...

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

If, like me, you geek out for #Viking metrology and particularly those weights (like the cubo-octahedral, oblate spheroid and lead-inset types) seemingly designed to work better with the weighing of increasingly fragmented hacksilver and dirhams of the 860s and 870s+, then do I have a book for you!

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Fornvännen - Journal of Swedish Antiquarian Research @fornvannen.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

Fornvännen 2024:4 - #OpenAccess Ullén, I., & Hydman, H: "Bronsåldershästarna från Tågaborg i nytt ljus." (The Bronze Age horses from Tågaborg revisited) Compelling evidence that the #BronzeAge "horse figurines" were actually deer (cervids). [Swe/Eng sum] urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #Archaeology

Two four-legged animal figurines in bronze, one missing a head

Closeup of the hooves of one of the figurines, showing they are split like those of deers, unlike a horse's hooves.

Close-up of rock-carving from Bohuslän, Sweden, showing a male deer with antlers and possibly a female deer withour antlers. Also cupmarks, a big round figure and a small ship.

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