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In February 1986 a theft was committed in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. One of the museum's art objects, the Bronze Age spectacle-shaped gilt brooch found in 1902–03 at Hågahögen, was stolen. Parts of it were found outside the museum's main entrance some months later after snow had
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Hågahögen mound is approximately 7 metres high and 45 metres across. It was constructed circa 1000 B.C. by the shore of a narrow inlet of the sea. (The land has been continually rising since the
98:. The cairn, in turn, was built on top of a wooden chamber containing a hollow oak coffin. Within the coffin are the cremated remains of a short man. During the burial there had probably been 136:. Only minor excavations have been done in the Bronze Age settlement but the area contains several house foundations in stone. The findings from Hågahögen were stored in the 202:. The connection between the king and the mound was later reversed: the mound was named after the king, as the king had previously received his cognomen from the mound. 366: 205: 351: 137: 331: 371: 346: 361: 133: 281: 326: 282:"New light cast on Scandinavia's most important Bronze Age site - Uppsala University, Sweden" 91: 8: 246: 87: 256: 122: 59: 44: 187: 356: 241: 106: 294: 102:, the evidence for which is human bones from which the marrow had been removed. 99: 118: 121:
and various other bronze objects. They may all come from the same workshop in
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The coffin contained rich unburnt bronze objects such as a
58:. It is one of the most magnificent remains from the 338: 314:Kung Björns hög och andra fornlämningar vid Håga 168:means the "tall mound". It is mentioned in the 74:Bronze Age grave goods from the Hågahögen mound 182:meaning knoll, mound or a hill). The name 117:, a number of thickly gilded buttons, two 194:) of Håga, while his brother and co-king 77: 69: 18: 339: 138:Swedish Museum of National Antiquities 128:The mound was excavated 1902–1903 by 367:Buildings and structures in Uppsala 13: 14: 383: 320: 316:(KVHAA Monografi nr 1. Stockholm) 306: 332:Map with location of Hågahögen 296:Hågafyndet tyvärr aktuellt igen 288: 274: 132:together with the future king 1: 352:Germanic archaeological sites 267: 50:in the western outskirts of 159: 65: 7: 235: 10: 388: 16:Tumulus in Uppsala, Sweden 186:is from the Swedish king 83: 75: 24: 81: 73: 22: 327:Finds from Hågahögen 178:(from the Old Norse 92:post-glacial rebound 312:Almgren, O. (1905) 217: /  144:) on Narvavägen in 372:History of Uppsala 84: 76: 37:King Björn's Mound 25: 347:Nordic Bronze Age 257:Nordic Bronze Age 221:59.833°N 17.583°E 142:Historiska museet 60:Nordic Bronze Age 45:Nordic Bronze Age 379: 362:Tumuli in Sweden 300: 292: 286: 285: 278: 247:the King's Grave 242:Bronze age sword 232: 231: 229: 228: 227: 222: 218: 215: 214: 213: 210: 107:Bronze age sword 387: 386: 382: 381: 380: 378: 377: 376: 337: 336: 323: 309: 304: 303: 293: 289: 280: 279: 275: 270: 238: 225: 223: 219: 216: 211: 208: 206: 204: 203: 164:The place name 162: 134:Gustaf VI Adolf 100:human sacrifice 68: 41:Kung Björns hög 17: 12: 11: 5: 385: 375: 374: 369: 364: 359: 354: 349: 335: 334: 329: 322: 321:External links 319: 318: 317: 308: 305: 302: 301: 287: 272: 271: 269: 266: 265: 264: 259: 254: 249: 244: 237: 234: 226:59.833; 17.583 188:Björn at Haugi 161: 158: 67: 64: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 384: 373: 370: 368: 365: 363: 360: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 344: 342: 333: 330: 328: 325: 324: 315: 311: 310: 307:Other sources 299: 297: 291: 283: 277: 273: 263: 260: 258: 255: 253: 250: 248: 245: 243: 240: 239: 233: 230: 201: 197: 196:Anund Uppsale 193: 189: 185: 184:Björn's mound 181: 177: 173: 172: 171:Hervarar saga 167: 157: 153: 151: 147: 143: 139: 135: 131: 130:Oscar Almgren 126: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 103: 101: 97: 93: 89: 80: 72: 63: 61: 57: 53: 49: 46: 43:) is a large 42: 38: 34: 30: 21: 313: 295: 290: 276: 183: 179: 175: 169: 165: 163: 154: 141: 127: 104: 85: 40: 36: 32: 28: 26: 224: / 200:Old Uppsala 198:resided at 341:Categories 268:References 192:Uppsala öd 29:Håga mound 160:Etymology 150:Stockholm 146:Östermalm 82:Hågahögen 66:Hågahögen 33:Hågahögen 23:Hågahögen 262:Sagaholm 236:See also 156:melted. 115:brooches 357:Uppsala 212:17°35′E 209:59°50′N 123:Zealand 119:pincers 90:due to 88:Ice Age 52:Uppsala 48:tumulus 252:Kurgan 113:, two 56:Sweden 180:haugr 176:Haugi 111:razor 96:cairn 35:) or 166:Håga 109:, a 27:The 174:as 148:in 343:: 152:. 125:. 54:, 284:. 140:( 39:( 31:(

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Nordic Bronze Age
tumulus
Uppsala
Sweden
Nordic Bronze Age


Ice Age
post-glacial rebound
cairn
human sacrifice
Bronze age sword
razor
brooches
pincers
Zealand
Oscar Almgren
Gustaf VI Adolf
Swedish Museum of National Antiquities
Östermalm
Stockholm
Hervarar saga
Björn at Haugi
Uppsala öd
Anund Uppsale
Old Uppsala
59°50′N 17°35′E / 59.833°N 17.583°E / 59.833; 17.583
Bronze age sword
the King's Grave

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