Standing seven metres high and spanning forty-five metres across, the Håga mound - 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.
During the burial, there had probably been human sacrifice, as evidenced by human bones from which the marrow had been removed. The coffin contained rich unburnt bronze objects such as a Bronze Age sword, a razor, two brooches, a number of thickly gilded buttons, two pincers and various other bronze objects. They may all come from the same workshop in Zealand.
The findings from Hågahögen were stored in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities. However, in February 1986, a theft was committed in the museum. One of the objects, the Bronze Age spectacle-shaped gilt brooch found in 1902-1903 at Hågahögen, was stolen. Parts of it were found outside the museum's main entrance some months later after snow had melted.
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Written by Nik Frost
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