Text on one of the monitors in the Vasa exhibits at Livrustkammaren, Stockholm. I waited for about ten minutes for awesomeness to be initiated before giving up. #skystorians #earlymodern #swedishhistory
It was an honor to be a guest on the @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social! We had a wonderful conversation about otherness, beliefs people held in earlier times, and yes, horny tree spirits!
#Folklore #SwedishFolklore #SwedishHistory #Folkloring
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Before her sentence could be carried out, she hung herself.
The prison, now a landmarked historical building, tells her story, as does my novel, Sour Milk in Sheep's Wool.
www.amazon.com/dp/0986266647
#HistoricalFiction #Herstory #SwedishHistory
Christian leaving Copenhagen, Denmark in 1523 with his wife Isabella and their three sons, Hans, Dorothea, and Christina
The Stockholm Bloodbath marked Christian II’s legacy forever. In Denmark, he became known as “Christian the Tyrant.” What would Scandinavia had been like if he kept a cooler head?
#StockholmBloodbath #SwedishHistory #ChristianII #Scandinavia #KalmarUnion #EuropeanHistory #Sweden
Learn about Sweden's military history with our Sweden at War collection!
💻️: https://tinyurl.com/56t96vr4
#swedishhistory #swedenmilitary #militaryhistory
Registerar en mängd delinkventer som saknats i databasen #swedishhistory #avrättadeisverige
Police officers wearing gas masks escorting Jan-Erik Olsson (C) in handcuffs after a hostage drama at the Kreditbanken bank on Norrmalmstorg square in Stockholm, on August 23, 1973
What began as an ordinary bank robbery became an extraordinary psychological case study. The Norrmalmstorg robbery showed that under duress, the line between enemy and protector can blur in surprising ways.
#StockholmSyndrome #BankRobbery #Psychology #Hostage #SwedishHistory #CrimeStories
1832 11/1 på Galgholmen, Marstrand hängdes livstidsfången på Carlsten, Magnus Christiansson Nederwall f. 1801, för efterapning av Bancosedlar av skarprättaren C G Beckius.
Sista delinkvent som hängdes i landet #swedishhistory
Johan Alfred Andersson är den enda som avrättats med giljotin i Sverige.
Tid och plats: 1910 23/11 Långholmens fängelsegård, Stockholm.
Giljotinen förtullades som ”jordbruksredskap” Originalet är nerpackad, men en modell finns på Långholmens museum
#swedishhistory
’Du ska dö på eld och bål.'Så löd domen över dom kvinnor som pga. sin begåvning, sina kunskaper och sitt sätt att vara ansågs så farliga att de anklagades för att vara häxor. De brändes på bål här i Kirseberg 1543-1663."
#malmö #trolldomsprocesserna #swedishhistory #denmarkshistory
F.d Bränneriet, Nävekvarns bruk, Sörmland.
1822 27/7 giftmördade brännmästaren Carl Carlsson Holmberg sin hustru Britta Carlsdotter f. 1778.
Motiv okänt.
Han miste höger hand, halshöggs o steglades 1822 18/10 på
Jönåker härads avrättningsplats.
#swedishhistory
1900 10/12 på Västerås fängelse halshöggs ”Mälarmördare” Johan Filip Nordlund av skarprättaren A G Dalman.
1900 16/5 ombord på S/S Prins Carl mördat 5 och sårat 8 människor. Slagit sönder delar av fartyget och kommit över 845:-.
#swedishhistory
Dagens solstolsläsning:
#truecrime #swedishhistory
Valkyrian finns på Spotify, youtube och i sociala medier.
Ett rock-musikprojekt som startade 2024. Som vill föra vårat kulturarv vidare genom historiska texter genom rockmusik med historiska toner.
#1700-tal #1600-tal #väsen
#svenskhistoria #swedishhistory
#dalarna #leksand #gruvfrun
#falun #gruva
En hyllning till midsommar som nyss var. Sju låtar.
Valkyrian finns på Spotify, youtube och i sociala medier ⭐🤘
Ett musikprojekt som startade 2024. Vill föra vårat kulturarv vidare genom historiska texter genom rockmusik med historiska toner.
#svenskhistoria #swedishhistory
#dalarna #leksand
My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory
In 1912, twin brothers Eric and Vilhelm Carlberg competed in the Olympics in central Stockholm. Today, the shooting range has been converted into a recreational park, but the firing point is still visible as a slight elevation. #euguns #eugunssnippets #swedishhistory #olympichistory #gunhistory
👑 Four days in Lisbon for the Kings & Queens Conference #KQ14
I will talk about "The Political Role of a Queen
Consort Josephine of Sweden and Norway During
the Last Years of Oscar I's Reign in the late 1850's".
#Bernadotte #Queenshipstudies #Swedishhistory
Dark Side History: The Swedish Falu Red Color Paint in its Context! youtu.be/rng3I9SD_Nw?... via @YouTube #FaluRed #SwedishHistory #CulturalHeritage #Scandinavia #Architecture #FalunMine #NordicDesign #HistoricPaint #SwedishCottages #Sweden #history #falun
Clothes worn by Nils Svantesson Sture, Erik Svantesson Sture and Svante Sture at the time of their murders, 24 May 1567
Sture Murders showcase what happens when absolute power is mixed with paranoia and unchecked mental illness. It was an absolute collapse of royal restraint.
Follow the page for more daily history posts!
#SwedishHistory #ErikXIV #RoyalScandals #StureMurders #HistoryFacts #Sweden #DarkHistory
A somewhat wobbly sketch of a battlefield. One of the horses has fallen, and is being trampled by the oncoming cavalry
Before becoming king, a young Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden sketched several scenes of horses and battlefields🐴🪖 In this archival post, @nataliesmith.bsky.social talks us through some of these childhood doodles: scilicet.org.uk/royal-doodle... #ThrowbackThursday #SwedishHistory #Skystorians
Insomnia due to pain leads to a very tired day the next day. But I have been to water physio therapy and now I will work a little more with my 18th century probate inventories. The history of clothing is a fascinating subject .
And then I will make a rhubarb crumble, I got rhubarb from my mum […]
The Ore That Made an Empire, From Bergslagen (Dalarna) Sweden!
youtu.be/o4gsqdXBUt0?...
#History #Bergslagen #Dalarna
#SwedishHistory #MiningHistory #IronOre #ScandinavianHistory #HistoricMines #BergslagenOre #HistoryDocumentary #NordicHeritage #HiddenSweden #Swedishhistory #swedishindustry
Half Price Artillery Moulds from the Karoliner range. Includes cannon, limber, carriage horses and rider and six crew members. Seven moulds are now only 6.56 Euro each (excl. tax). PAS951 to 957.
Sale ends noon on May 13th GMT+1. #princeaugust #swedishhistory
shop.princeaugust.ie/40mm-karolin...
Uncover the chilling truth behind the Ullfall Murders - a brutal double homicide that shook Värmland in 1822. Read more about this horrifying event on my blog!
www.tjamedia.se/2025/03/30/u...
#UllfallMurders #SwedishHistory #TrueCrime #19thCentury #tjamedia
Ingegerd Olofsdotter - the Swedish viking age princess who became an ortodox saint, Anna of Novgorod.
#historysky
#vikingage
#history
#Swedishhistory
#Skandinavianhistory
#kyiv
#ukraine
scandinavianhistory.org/2025/02/08/f...
The past few days I’ve been thinking about this guy.
He’s mostly remembered for his cultural legacy, but his political actions were actually despicable. Why are we romanticising him and disregarding his coup for absolute power just because he was king?
#politics #history #SwedishHistory #Sweden
Black and white photo of Elsa Laula Renberg, wearing traditional Sámi dress . Picture text reads: Happy Sámi National Day Episode 5 Elsa Laula Renberg Kickass Women of History
Happy #saminationalday!
Why not check out our latest episode, celebrating #Sámi activist, Elsa Laula Renberg.
With Lia Frostkrans of the Kvinnohistoriskt Museum. Available now.
#Sámiálbmotbeaivi #sámiday #sámiculture #LihkkuBeivvi #womenshistory #history #swedishhistory #sweden #sapmi
Happy #saminationalday!
Why not check out our latest episode, celebrating #Sámi activist, Elsa Laula Renberg.
With Lia Frostkrans of the Kvinnohistoriskt Museum. Available now.
#Sámiálbmotbeaivi #sámiday #sámiculture #LihkkuBeivvi #womenshistory #history #swedishhistory #sweden #sapmi