Background At the end of 2023, I moved to the Häggvik district in Sollentuna municipality in northern Stockholm (Sweden). That Sollentuna municipality was a central place during the Iron Age is evident from all the runestones and hundreds of burial grounds that have been found in the area. Even today, Sollentuna’s municipal coat of arms […]
Tag: viking age
En liten intervju om återskapande från 2021
Jag har den stora äran att vara en av fyra reenactors som i stora foton visar upp sitt återskapande av vikingatida dräkter på Historiska museets innergård i Stockholm. Fotona är tagna av fotograf Madeleine Bergman och sommaren 2021 gjorde museet en liten intervjuserie med oss som är del i utställningen. Jag svarade inte klockrent på […]
An attempt at recreating grave 507 from Birka
A bit about sources This is my attempt at interpreting and recreating the outfit worn by the person in grave 507 from Björkö, also known as Birka. The grave, a so-called chamber burial, is interpreted as the grave of a woman and dated to the 10th century. I’m not an archaeologist and these and this […]
My first viking age garments
I would like to say that it is impossible to create historically correct clothes to reenact nordic viking age, simply because we have so small textile finds and very few pictures. There is always more to learn and I am not an expert in any way. So please dont take my interpretations for facts, they […]