gullgubbe
Sign in to savethumb|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.
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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.
The word gullgubbe means "little old man of gold" and is taken from a report published in 1791 by Nils Henrik Sjöborg, in which he said that villagers in Ravlunda, Scania, who found them in the dunes called them guldgubbar.