Vendel Period

right|thumb|upright|The Lingsberg Runestone, Sweden, known as U 240 right|thumb|upright|An early runestone: the Möjbro Runestone from Hagby (first placed near Möjebro), [[Uppland, Sweden. As with other early runic inscriptions, (e.g. Kylver Stone from about 300–400 CE) this is written from right to left, while later Runestones were written from left to right. The text is "Frawaradaz anahaha is laginaz".]]

period of Swedish prehistory (540–790 CE)

ornate slab of stone from ancient Northern Europe

right|thumb|300 px|Location of Helgö in Lake Mälaren Helgö is an island in Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is situated in Lake Mälaren. The island's greatest width is about , it is about long and covers .

300px|thumb|right|Ottarshögen in Vendel

thumb|The grave field of Valsgärde. thumb|The oval outline behind the helmet shows the probable size of the shield.

thumb|Gold foil figure from c. AD 700, found at Aska in Hagebyhöga, Sweden, in 2020. thumb|upright|6th–7th-century gullgubber from Sorte Muld, [[Bornholm]] thumb|upright|A "wraith" gullgubbe Gullgubber (Norwegian, ) or guldgubber (Danish, ), guldgubbar (Swedish, ), are art-objects, amulets, or offerings found in Scandinavia and dating to the Nordic Iron Age. They consist of thin pieces of beaten gold (occasionally silver), usually between . in size, usually stamped with a motif, and are the oldest examples of toreutics in Northern Europe.

runestone

The Suarines or Suardones were one of the Nerthus-worshipping Germanic tribes mentioned by Tacitus in Germania. They have otherwise been lost to history, but Schütte suggests that their name lives on in the name of the town Schwerin.

Grogarnsberget or Grogarnsberg (lit. "The Grogarn Mountain" more appropriate "Grogarn Hill") is a plateau hill on the Östergarn coast, on the Swedish island of Gotland. On the hill are the remains of former hillfort, the second largest on Gotland and the fourth largest in Scandinavia.