Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 8hSearch your camera roll for “boat” and post a photo you like! The zodiac, taking us - 6 at a time - over Sound of Noss to the Isle of Noss, eastern Shetland in late July 2026. A brilliant spot of land in the North Sea. 031 3
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/10/2026Newly found ”Backwards-biting beast” pendant, from Lolland Kommune in Southern Denmark (first from DK as far as I know). Often just simply referred to as Jelling-styled, but it is a tad more complicated than that. The majority of these have been found in the east, in Rus’. 🥳🏺 #FindsFriday 093 9
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 14/10/2026Neat! Reminds me of when my professor and I crawled down in the Cave of the Cats through a souterrain… 110 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 12/10/2026The increase in official applications for export licenses of Swedish cultural heritage objects can, at least partly be explained by on-line auctions. 011 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 11/10/2026- Oh! I really need to get that one, to accompany my large Neptun jug… #PeakBrilliance 🧜♂️ 000 0
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 09/10/2026...and a nice photo of the broch of Mousa from roughly the same point of view as in the logo of the Shetland Amenity Trust. 042 4
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonNeil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026And Dr Caitlin Ellis, University of Oslo, will discuss Dublin in the later Viking Age. And if you're not a Viking fan, The Dublin Festival of History has a brilliant calendar of more events, talks and tours — always a highlight of the year! dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/events/dublinfestivalofhistory.ieEvents from October 9 – Dublin Festival of History 082 8
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonTrix @trixranderson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026It feels like whack-a-mole reporting these computer-generated 'authors' as they spring up, but at the moment it seems like all we can do. The move from harvesting articles to just plagiarising entire books is less of a creep than a sprint - but keep pushing back. 1136 13
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 06/10/2026Clearing out stuff; found the map I bought while hiking in southern Greenland almost 30 years ago, looking for Norse remains… A great trip which got even better when the last flight back to Iceland for the season got cancelled and I had to stay another week with all costs covered by Iceland Air… 🥳 280 8
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026Close encounter with the newly found late-medieval bagpiping bear from southern Visby… 2123 12
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonViking and Medieval Norse Studies Programme @oldnorse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Tomorrow - Open hybrid lecture in Archaeology 🏛️ Prof. David Griffiths (University of Oxford & UHI) "The 'Southern Route' and hidden histories of the Viking Age in the North Atlantic." 📆 1 October 2026, 17-18 UTC 📍 Oddi 206 & Zoom More info, Zoom link and abstract below 176 7
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 24/09/2026Incredibly saddened to read about the passing yesterday of Dr Rena Maguire. A great loss to archaeology and humanity in the greatest sense, in a world where every kind and concerned individual counts acutely… 1183 18
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonRiksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I ett webbinarium arrangerat av forsknings- och digitaliseringsprojektet RiViH berättar idéhistorikern och författaren Per Widén om boken ”Att skapa en patriotisk historia – hur en grupp aristokrater formade svensk historieskrivning” den 30 september. Läs mer: www.raa.se/evenemang-oc... 021 2
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026Äntligen, en välfungerande svensk titel på inventerare av äldre kulturmiljöer! 010 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 15/09/2026I hereby declare this to be a #TrenchTuesday - an not in just any average trench, but the one out on the isle of Lilla Karlsö where the tragic but very important remains of a young pregnant Mesolithic woman and her child were found earlier this summer below 5 m of mixed deposits and stones. 🥳🏺 0185 18
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 12/09/2026General elections in Sweden tomorrow. As always, but certainly in light of the latest four years, Orwell is relevant. www.orwellfoundation.com/the-orwell-f...orwellfoundation.comNotes on Nationalism | The Orwell Foundation"By ‘nationalism’ I mean first of all the habit of assuming that human beings can be classified like insects and that whole blocks of millions or tens of millions of people can be confidently labelled... 111 1
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonAdrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A Viking-age boatyard on the Isle of Eigg! Watch via National Museums Scotland socials www.instagram.com/reel/DdJXyv9... or old skool text version here www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...nms.ac.ukA Viking Age boatyard on Eigg | National Museums ScotlandTwo oak boat stems dating to 880-1050 AD from the isle of Eigg show the arrival of Scandinavian seafaring technology to Scotland.These rare survivals revea 0133 13
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026My pleasure. Just shout if you want to discuss something pixel-wise directly via teams or something. 110 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026Yes, several - and they are all available on-line. Mainly focused on results/finds and alas all in Swedish. www.academia.edu/17322818/ www.academia.edu/30947943/ www.academia.edu/35606621/academia.eduFrån kust till kust – Gjuterifynden från Stora Förvar och Stora Karlsös roll i vikingatida fjärrhandel (From Coast to Coast – on the Bronze casting finds from Stora Förvar and Stora Karlsö’s part in V...The paper (in Swedish) treat the finds of debris from Viking-period bronze casting – predominately mould fragments – which have been recovered by the cave Stora Förvar (the Large Storage) on the islan... 120 2
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026I did it 2014 in the by Stora Förvar, a mesolithic to early modern cave “settlement” excavated 1888-93. (Specifically looking for Viking-period foundry spoils) 120 2
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonSimon Coupland @scoupland.bsky.social · 08/09/2026From Finland: the largest ever Viking age coin hoard - 4.5 kg, in two birch-bark containers. From Sysmä, north of Lahtis: archaeologists excavated, finding Swedish, English, German coins & dirhams dating it to 1000–1050, a silver ring & a few other small silver objects. fof.se/artikel/reko...fof.seRekordstor vikingatida skatt hittad i Finland | Forskning & FramstegDen rutinerade fornfyndsletaren Kalle Lappinen var förra veckan ute med sin metallsökare i hopp om att hitta spår av ett gravfält från järnåldern i orten … 16021 60
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonScottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 02/09/2026We have reopened funding schemes, supporting scholars and students in their research, training, travel, and conference organisation - with an emphasis on PGRs and ECRs! Research Grant Deadline: 1 December 2026! All Other Grants Deadline: 2 November 2026! For details, see ssns.org.uk/funding/ 02631 31
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026Inomkulturell appropriering i sin prydno! 010 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 06/09/2026Den här kulturarvsskadade personen tänkte givetvis ”oj, övernattning i desakraliserad kyrka - med rakavslutat kor”… 🫣 commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Go... 110 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026On top of the rampart of Gotland’s largest hillfort, Torsburgen. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torsbur... 1131 13
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/09/2026Ha en bra dag, lådorna förutan - själv drar jag nog till Torsburgen, via Dalhem . Lövsta idag är för folkrikt för mig. 110 1
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026Do you consider yourself a Viking pop-culture geek? (like me...) - Here's your chance to buy a stylish (and somewhat corroded) cast iron jardiniere from Voss industries, Fredericia; inspired by Gokstad & co... auksjon.nyborgs.no/Event/LotDet... (-and don't mind me, I've got one already 😘) 020 2
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 03/09/2026'largely Pagan'?! - Who hired a preschooler to write for BBC? 060 6
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonKasper Junge Wester @veterandrusianer.dk · 03/09/2026Nej. Det er simpelthen ikke os, men jer amerikanere, der skal forstå det, Mike. 69111 91
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 01/09/2026Wiki Loves Monuments är igång - hjälp till du med, varje bild räknas (flertalet fornlämningar har aldrig fotodokumenterats). commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons... Nedan: 2025 års vinnarbild i WLM Sverige, Bohus fästning, Kungälv snett från ovan. (📸: Kateryna Baiduzha, CC BY) #WikiLovesMonuments 031 3
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonWikimedia UK @wikimediauk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Wiki Loves Monuments UK is back, all September. Photograph a listed building or monument near you and help share the UK's heritage with the world. You don't need a castle: the milestone down your road counts too. Free and open to all: www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk 032 3
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 31/08/2026Massive (18,5 Kg) Viking-period silver deposition found in the vicinity of Rebild on northern Jutland, Denmark! Including rune-inscribed items. 🏺🥳🇩🇰 www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...dr.dkHavearbejde afslører Danmarks største vikingesølvskatDer er tale om et historisk fund på 18,5 kilo, lyder det fra Nordjyske Museer. 0228 22
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 28/08/2026A - very - special find! It entered the collections of the Historical Museum as no. 4906 - a brooch of "hitherto unknown type" - in 1873, after being found in a burial mound at Hurjom, Ångermanland. But a closer examination clearly show that it's rather the hinged top of a dress pin.🏺 #FindsFriday 082 8
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026Some public #RakingLightRunology with Magnus Kjellström. (Featuring runestone G 342, runor.raa.se/inscription?...) 0163 16
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonAlexander Douglas @axdouglas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Brief reminder of our editorial policy 052 5
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 18/08/2026For those in the UK - or those of us who happens to have some photos of listed buildings and scheduled monuments in the UK... www.wikilovesmonuments.org.uk Opens on 1 September! #WikiLovesMonumentswikilovesmonuments.org.ukWelcome - WIKI LOVES MONUMENTS UKWiki Loves Monuments is an international event which takes place every September. The competition brings together amateur and professional photographers alike to capture images of the world's historic... 011 1
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonRiksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Forskare vid Centrum för biologisk mångfald vid SLU, har tillsammans med Riksantikvarieämbetet och tre andra myndigheter, tagit fram handledningen ”Skötselplanering i inägomark” om hur natur- och kulturmiljövärden i åkrar, ängar och hagar kan bevaras. Läs mer: www.raa.se/nyheter/2026... 032 3
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonDr Alex Fitzpatrick @animalarchaeology.com · 18/08/2026This story is such a great example of why I love zooarchaeology so much - a single species identification can completely change our understanding of a site and its history. 43710 37
Reposted by Ny Björn GustafssonMartin Andersson @martinhist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Två veckor kvar att ansöka om att bli doktorand i agrarhistoria: 036 6
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026A couple of weeks ago I finally got to visit the broch of Mousa, something I have had on my acute must-do list for +25 years. 🥳🏺 It was fantastic; heavy winds, (heavier) rain and guano stench just added to the experience! #ShetlandSunday 26313 63
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 16/08/2026Interested in Gotland’s cultural heritage from a somewhat woolly perspective? Here’s a chance to join Red Fox Travels a week in early April. You will be guided by e.g. @erikaaaberg.bsky.social A fabulous opportunity! Read more here ⤵️ www.redfoxtravel.se/2027-gotland...redfoxtravel.se2027: Gotland in English | Red Fox Travel 023 3
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 15/08/2026…and here it is - or rather was already - in a photo from 1925. 070 7
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 14/08/2026…took a night out on Stora Karlsö (…in the fishing booth down to the left …) Have a good evening - I will! 0112 11
Ny Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 05/08/2026Will speak about early medieval urban endeavours on Gotland. A part of the lokal medieval festival (Friday, 11:00-12:00) www.gotlandsmuseum.se/event/medelt...gotlandsmuseum.seMedeltidsveckan 2026: Kapplöpningen - kampen om att bygga Gotlands första stad | Gotlands MuseumVi tar oss tillbaka till sen vikingatid och djupdyker i utvecklingen på Gotland, på tröskeln till medeltiden. Fröjel, Västergarn och Visby var under 1000- och 1100-talet alla internationella storhamna... 032 3