Viking Age in Sweden

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.

thumb|Ivory seal of Godwin, an unknown thegnfirst half of eleventh century, British Museum

800–1521 historical period of Sweden

lost Swedish runestone

viking era ithyphallic figure

Viking-age farm in Varnhem, Sweden

parish in Sweden