"VIKINGS
A thousand years ago neither Swedes nor Sweden existed.
In this exhibition the visitor is able to discover the marks of the Viking Age peoples who lived here in eastern Scandinavia.
Meet individuals such as the magnot of Vendel, the girl from Birka and powerful women rulers.
VIKINGAR
För tusen år sedan fanns inget Sverige och inga svenskar.
I den här utställningen upptäcker du spåren av de vikingatida folk som levde här i östra Skandinavien.
Du kan också möta enskilda individer som godsherren från Vendel, flickan från Birka och hedniska härskarinnor."
-Viking Exhibit Introduction
Museum website:
http://www.historiska.se/For more information on any piece, you can look it up at http://mis.historiska.se/mis/sok/start.asp using the Swedish object name as a search term.
Item descriptions copied directly from the museum cards where available, some notes added, denoted by ** before the comment.
Where English is not available, translations are performed by me. If any mistakes are made, tell me and I will make the necessary corrections.
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