King Björn's Treasury: A Bronze Age gold mine

Standing seven metres high and spanning forty-five metres across, Håga kurgan, also known as King Björn’s Mound, is one of the most magnificent remains from the Nordic Bronze Age. Constructed around 1000 B.C, it was built on the shore of a narrow inlet of the sea, its layers of turf concealing a wooden chamber. Inside this chamber lay a hollow oak coffin. The findings from Hågahögen were stored in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. Some of the objects were taken from the tomb during excavations in 1902-1903, but one, a spectacle-shaped gilt brooch, was stolen from the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in 1986. Though parts of the prized brooch were found later, the majority of this magnificent hoard now lies safe in the museum’s care.

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