Elisabeth Stride – the Swedish victim of Jack the Ripper When Elisabeth Gustavsdotter was born on November 27, 1843, in Torslanda, it is highly unlikely that anyone would have looked at the little child and thought that she would become a person whose fa…

Elisabeth Gustavsdotter left Sweden for a better life in London, but is known to history as Elizabeth Stride, the third victim of Jack the Ripper.

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Mossin traveled to Denmark to convince Axel Axgil, leader of the Danish Forbundet af 1948, of his plans. But Axgil wasn't impressed... and that had consequences for Norwegian queer history. #ScandinavianHistory

Statue of Odin with a shield and a spear.

The Board Game at the Heart of Viking Culture (from the archives)

by Daniel Crown

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The Frithiof Saga at PG

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Model "Odin" from the Stone Museum.
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The Ore That Made an Empire, From Bergslagen (Dalarna) Sweden!
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Viking Dynasties – The Royal Families of Lejre and Uppsala Between Archaeology and Text Red. Tom Christensen, John Ljungkvist & Neil PriceAarhus University Press, 2024623 pages Aarhus University Press Ancient Scandinavia attracts many with its mythical kings and wars, tales of her…

I've reviewed the newly released book about the result of a five year long archaeological research project between Sweden and Denmark.
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The Nasta runestone This is probably one of the most personal texts I’ve written about history, but sometimes it comes close. So, this time, I allowed myself some emotions in this blog. Rinkaby church, orginally…

"My son and I wandered through an ancient cultural landscape from one woman and her son only to come ”face to face” with another woman and her son, who lived almost a thousand years before my grandmother, Harry, me and my son." #history #scandinavianhistory
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Vilken overraskning - the Mailman delivered!! Gotta get reading right away!! #WhatAreYouReading #BookReviews #21stCenturyHistory #MilitaryHistory #SwedishHistory #Neutral #ArmedNeutrality #Deterrent #NATO #PostColdWarHistory #RussianHistory #ScandinavianHistory #ModernHistory #HistoryBookChat