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Lena Strid

@lenamstrid.bsky.social

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Zooarchaeologist, medievalist, re-enactor. PhD on the use of parchment in medieval Scandinavia (2026).

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Working holiday is not just work. It’s important to take time for a treat, in this case a Malmö tradition: a Friday donut from Bageri Leve!

A plate of donuts at a café counter: they are topped with a white chocolate mousse, blueberry jam and a leaf of mint. In front is a label with ingredients and the cost (52 Swedish crowns)

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Working holiday day 1: delivering my thesis to all sorts of places in Copenhagen

A decorative facade in red and yellow brick, with the sign Natural History Museum of Denmark.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Post your warning sign

A red sign on a tree trunk saying: Danger! The Strid is dangerous and has claimed lives in the past. Please stand well back and beware slippery rocks.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

The Viking Age burial site Lindholm Høje on a grey March morning. #StandingStoneSunday

Several small stones placed in ovals, each representing a grave. The graves are very close to one another. The short grass is yellow and the sky is light grey. At the horizon there’s a leafless grey wood.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Time for corrections (hopefully not many). It’s going to be an absolute chonker of a thesis…

A thick pile of printed A4s, with the title and author visible (Parchment: demand and supply in medieval Scandinavia. Lena Strid). A blue pen lies on top of the A4s.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

And just a few days later, we found another spindle whorl in the same pit house! This one is slightly larger and more even. Perhaps the first one was made by a child learning the craft? #FindsFriday 🏺

Dark grey conical spindle whorl held in a slightly muddy hand.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

This little spindle whorl saw the daylight again today, after having been in the ground for over 1000 years! #FindsFriday 🏺

A dark brown spindle whorl, 3cm in diameter, held in a hand.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Occasionally Seattle and Northumbria meet on my timeline ❤️

Top post: image of a sleeping fluffy grey cat, with text: anyway good night. Bottom post: image of a sunrise over the sea. Top post by Cherie Priest, bottom post by SeaWindowCraster.

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Lena Strid @lenamstrid.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

For #FontsFriday, the font from Valleberga church, southern Sweden, made in the 1170s by the so-called Tryde master (Tryde being a nearby church with an equally splendid font).