Author Archives: Freya Nilsen

Leka’s pre-Viking ship burial pushes Norway’s ship-grave story backward because it moves monumental ship burial out of the familiar Viking Age frame and into the decades around AD 700. The mound in question is Herlaugshaugen, a huge burial mound at … Continue reading →

Ribe’s Viking Blacksmith Gathering turns ironwork into a craft story because it moves the blacksmith out of the background and places skilled labor at the center of Viking Age life. Ribe VikingeCenter lists its Blacksmiths’ Gathering for August 15–16, 2026, … Continue reading →

Tasta’s Viking longhouse may point to ceremony instead of household life because archaeologists found a building that appears to have held its form for several hundred years. That kind of stability raises a different question from ordinary farm archaeology. A … Continue reading →

Tommarp’s royal farm and monastery rewrite Skåne’s Viking-to-medieval transition because the site shows political power changing form rather than simply disappearing after the Viking Age. Sweden’s National Heritage Board lists “Tommarp – kunglig produktionsplats och klosterstad” for Archaeology Day on … Continue reading →

The Hörningsholm Hoard makes Sweden’s Viking silver story a legal story too because its importance does not stop at the coins. On May 21, 2026, Sweden’s National Heritage Board, Riksantikvarieämbetet, decided to redeem the hoard found at Hörningsholm 2:7 in … Continue reading →