Archaeologists working in Sweden recovered swords that had been driven point-first into a Viking-era grave with such force that the iron blades fractured. The broken weapons were not battle-damaged ...

Swedish archaeologists recently found an “unusual” Viking-era coffin dating back over 1,100 years. The discovery was announced by Arkeologerna, an archaeological organization affiliated with the ...

An unidentified man found the armlet in a wetland last fall. Kalmar County Administrative Board Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first ...

STEPPING off the plane, onto a train and, within 20 minutes, I’m gliding through gloriously green countryside, broken only by the occasional red farmhouse and scattering of pine. This is Uppsala: ...

A graduate student in Sweden has been learning about Vikings through an unusual method: He’s done it by sailing like one. Archaeologist Greer Jarrett, a doctoral student at Lund University, has ...

If you visit Scandinavia, you are likely to find yourself at an exhibition about Vikings. There are many to choose from. Obviously, Scandinavian national museums expect that domestic and international ...