The practice of placing swords upright in graves represents a powerful symbolic gesture. Unlike the more common Viking Age practice of ritually breaking or bending weapons before burial, these ...

Between 2021 and 2022, teams from Arkeologerna, part of the Statens historiska museer, excavated nine sites along the E18 ...

Archaeologists in Sweden have uncovered a Viking-age woman’s burial in a place where people had already lived, worked, and ...

New research has revealed the horrors of the Viking age, as the study of skulls showed evidence of devastating disease and infections. Scientists from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden used ...

TVÅÅKER, SWEDEN—A Viking Age cemetery that contained more than 100 graves and several boat-shaped mounds known as stone ships has been found in southwestern Sweden by researchers led by Petra Nordin ...

Since this century began, Vikings have been the subject of countless historical documentaries, multiple streaming series and the critically acclaimed film The Northman. There’s plenty that residents ...

The town is the oldest in the country and was the capital for several hundred years, with wealthy merchants flocking to the ...

A person visited a wetland in Öland and found a 1,000-year-old iron armband, officials said. Photos show the highly decorated Viking jewelry. Google Street View ...

Sweden, with its rich history and culture, is a treasure trove of heritage sites. These sites give a glimpse of the country's ...

About 1,000 years ago, a Viking woman named Ingrid built a wharf to load ships at a bay on the Swedish coast and commemorated ...