Viking life, living history, experimental archeology, reenactment, history, craft.
Sometimes we find objects which are beautiful, but we just don't know what they were used for. Gullgubber is something that has been making the experts scratch their heads in wonder for years. What is the meaning behind these small, flat pieces of gold? Why were they put in the grown? Were they put there …
Earlier, when I heard the word 'metal detector' in connection with historical finds, I always got a chill down my back. Why? Well, I don't really know, but maybe because of all the plundering of graves that has been going on in general. Grave looting and grave robbing has been a huge problem and it …
Continue reading December 5th – The metal detector and the gold ring from Rimol
Today is 4th of December and according to the Norwegian primstav that means Barbromesse. A primstav is an old type of calendar used in Norway and Denmark during the Medieval period and until the 19th century. These calendars were usually made of wood and had a flat, rectangular shape – like a plank or a …
Continue reading December 4th – Barbromesse and spinning yarn before Christmas
During extraction of peat close to the farm Austrått at Ørland, Norway in 1927, they came upon a round box or container made of birch bark. The birch bark box was found at the bottom of a peat bog, where it was placed upside down with a heavy stone on top of it. The stone …
Continue reading December 3rd – The birch bark box from Austrått
A large number of runic inscriptions from the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries has been discovered in Bergen, Oslo and Trondheim. These are referred to as the 'city runes'. These inscriptions were not made by professional writers, but rather by ordinary people who had learned the art of writing and reading. During the beginning of …
Continue reading December 2nd – Runic inscription N10607 from Trondheim
For those of you who know me by now, you probably know that my last name is Digre, after my mother. When I was little, I didn't really care for this name a lot as it means huge in Norwegian. As I grew older and got interested in history, I started wondering where the name …
Last summer when we visited Uppåkra and Vendeltidsdagarna, we also took the time to visit the city of Lund and the cathedral and the Historical museum of Lund.Here are some pictures from inside the museum.
As we drove home from the mid winter blot and the viking winter games this year, we drove past a ruin that I have been wanting to stop by and have a closer look at for many years. This time we were finally able to. I always believed that this ruin used to be a …
Continue reading The ruins of Sunne church and defense tower, Orreviken, Sweden
Tonje Rogersdatter - My historical life 