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page 1Viking Age in Sweden

Birka
Birka (Birca in medieval sources), on the island of Björkö (lit. "Birch Island") in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of Continental Europe and the Orient. Björkö is located in Lake Mälaren, 30 kilometers west of contemporary Stockholm, in the municipality of Ekerö.

Thegn
thumb|Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegnfirst half of eleventh century, British Museum
Kingdom of Sweden
800–1521 historical period of Sweden
Runestone U 582
lost Swedish runestone
Rällinge statuette
viking era ithyphallic figure
Kata Farm
Viking-age farm in Varnhem, Sweden
Velinga socken
parish in Sweden