Scandinavian History

Sverige/Sweden

  • Estrid, Viking age woman

    Sometimes the past somehow catches up with us. Suddenly we’re face to face with someone who lived 1,000 years or more before our time. This often happens only through what archaeology and historical research bring out about an individual or… Continue reading

  • Estrid Sigfastsdotter, vikingatida kvinna

    Ibland kommer det förflutna på något vis ifatt oss. Plötsligt står vi där, öga mot öga med någon som levde 1 000 år eller mer innan vi ens såg dagens ljus. Ofta bara genom det som genom arkeologi och historisk forskning… Continue reading

  • Bröt-Anund and Anund’s Mound

    No one knows who actually lies in the mound that was already referred to as Anund’s Mound in the Middle Ages, but according to legend, it is precisely Anund who should be distinct from King Anund Jakob. Anund is one… Continue reading

  • Erik den Helige

    Sverige har ett nationalhelgon som egentligen inte är ett helgon. Detta på grund av att påven inte ville kanonisera honom. Varför är lite oklart, men det finns ett brev någonstans i de nu snart tusenåriga luntorna som nämner en kung… Continue reading

  • Erik the Holy

    Sweden has a national saint who is not really a saint. This because the Pope did not want to canonize him. Why is a little unclear, but a letter somewhere in the now thousand-year-old records mentioning a king who fought,… Continue reading