Ny Björn Gustafsson
@nybjorn.bsky.social
Swedish archaeologist (PhD, Arch Sci).
Finds specialist (Iron Age through Medieval per.)
Surveyor of islands in the Baltic Sea.
😍LiDAR-spotting!
Papers etc: https://raa.academia.edu/NyBj%C3%B6rnGustafsson
Finds specialist (Iron Age through Medieval per.)
Surveyor of islands in the Baltic Sea.
😍LiDAR-spotting!
Papers etc: https://raa.academia.edu/NyBj%C3%B6rnGustafsson
The Pilgård stone from mid-eastern Gotland (G 280):
Brightly painted, this stone was raised by Hegbjarn and his brothers Rodvisl, Austain and Emund.
They have raised stones in memory of Ravn south of Rufstain.
They came far in Aeifor.
Vivil was in command.
Brightly painted, this stone was raised by Hegbjarn and his brothers Rodvisl, Austain and Emund.
They have raised stones in memory of Ravn south of Rufstain.
They came far in Aeifor.
Vivil was in command.
November 8, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The Pilgård stone from mid-eastern Gotland (G 280):
Brightly painted, this stone was raised by Hegbjarn and his brothers Rodvisl, Austain and Emund.
They have raised stones in memory of Ravn south of Rufstain.
They came far in Aeifor.
Vivil was in command.
Brightly painted, this stone was raised by Hegbjarn and his brothers Rodvisl, Austain and Emund.
They have raised stones in memory of Ravn south of Rufstain.
They came far in Aeifor.
Vivil was in command.
Reposted by Ny Björn Gustafsson
Just tripped across this online, an excellent lecture by James Graham-Campbell which I'll be sharing with the third year students as we are doing viking burials this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dGi... #medievalsky
The Viking boat-burial at Kiloran Bay, Colonsay, and its international context
YouTube video by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Just tripped across this online, an excellent lecture by James Graham-Campbell which I'll be sharing with the third year students as we are doing viking burials this week www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dGi... #medievalsky
November 6, 2025 at 7:59 PM
November 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A Viking-period brooch, allegedly found in Ljungby, Småland (mid-central southern Sweden) in the late 19th Century. Sold to Kalmar County Museum in 1895.
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021470571...
All 📸: Kalmar County Museum
#FindsFriday
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021470571...
All 📸: Kalmar County Museum
#FindsFriday
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A Viking-period brooch, allegedly found in Ljungby, Småland (mid-central southern Sweden) in the late 19th Century. Sold to Kalmar County Museum in 1895.
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021470571...
All 📸: Kalmar County Museum
#FindsFriday
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021470571...
All 📸: Kalmar County Museum
#FindsFriday
Meanwhile, over on Portable Antiquities Scheme…
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Found at St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk in May 2025.
📸: Suffolk County Council (CC BY)
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Found at St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk in May 2025.
📸: Suffolk County Council (CC BY)
October 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Meanwhile, over on Portable Antiquities Scheme…
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Found at St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk in May 2025.
📸: Suffolk County Council (CC BY)
finds.org.uk/database/art...
Found at St. Edmundsbury, Suffolk in May 2025.
📸: Suffolk County Council (CC BY)
More info on the find, including location (Hörningsholm on the island Mörkö, some 38 Km SW of central Stockholm) is now available - in Swedish but with maps, pics etc.
Here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
Here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
Early medieval silver hoard - mainly 12th Century- weighing 6 Kg found in the Stockholm area (no exact location has been released as of yet).
www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/om...
www.lansstyrelsen.se/stockholm/om...
Stor silverskatt från medeltiden upptäckt i Stockholm
I Stockholmsområdet har en privatperson hittat en ovanligt stor och välbevarad silverskatt från tidig medeltid. Upphittaren anmälde fyndet till Länsstyrelsen och nu undersöker arkeologer fyndplatsen o...
www.lansstyrelsen.se
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
More info on the find, including location (Hörningsholm on the island Mörkö, some 38 Km SW of central Stockholm) is now available - in Swedish but with maps, pics etc.
Here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
Here: online.fliphtml5.com/eapth/urqp/
Book release tonight here in Visby - Dan Carlsson presents 50 years of thoughts and facts on Gotlandic early-medieval silver - hoards, depots and stray finds.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Book release tonight here in Visby - Dan Carlsson presents 50 years of thoughts and facts on Gotlandic early-medieval silver - hoards, depots and stray finds.
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Got a new pin, straight from Kœnugarðr…
-Razom do peremohi!
-Razom do peremohi!
October 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Got a new pin, straight from Kœnugarðr…
-Razom do peremohi!
-Razom do peremohi!
A 28 mm high amber gaming piece from Harby in Ljungby parish, Kalmar county. Probably from the Viking Period, based on style.
Found as a stray find in 1873, now in the collections of Kalmar County Museum (inventory no. 904:1:3).
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021168191...
#FindsFriday
Found as a stray find in 1873, now in the collections of Kalmar County Museum (inventory no. 904:1:3).
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021168191...
#FindsFriday
October 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
A 28 mm high amber gaming piece from Harby in Ljungby parish, Kalmar county. Probably from the Viking Period, based on style.
Found as a stray find in 1873, now in the collections of Kalmar County Museum (inventory no. 904:1:3).
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021168191...
#FindsFriday
Found as a stray find in 1873, now in the collections of Kalmar County Museum (inventory no. 904:1:3).
More here: digitaltmuseum.org/021021168191...
#FindsFriday
It's always good to keep an eye open for anomalies in LiDAR - but this previously unregistered Iron-age cemetery with (at least) 6 flat burial cairns is clearly visible even via ordinary aerial photos.
🏺in Horn, northern Öland, Sweden - here, in FornPunkt:
fornpunkt.se/lamning/AnqW...
🏺in Horn, northern Öland, Sweden - here, in FornPunkt:
fornpunkt.se/lamning/AnqW...
October 16, 2025 at 12:20 PM
It's always good to keep an eye open for anomalies in LiDAR - but this previously unregistered Iron-age cemetery with (at least) 6 flat burial cairns is clearly visible even via ordinary aerial photos.
🏺in Horn, northern Öland, Sweden - here, in FornPunkt:
fornpunkt.se/lamning/AnqW...
🏺in Horn, northern Öland, Sweden - here, in FornPunkt:
fornpunkt.se/lamning/AnqW...
Reposted by Ny Björn Gustafsson
You can now support the Govan Stones by getting some of my art!
This is NOT a #Christmas post, but could very well be an EXCLUSIVE CHRISTMAS CARDS post! Simon's Govan range is BACK 🎄🎅
🛒 In-store only (from late afternoon 14/10/25)
🛒 In-store only (from late afternoon 14/10/25)
October 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
You can now support the Govan Stones by getting some of my art!
Have watched an interesting two-episode documentary on Bruno Lohse - Gǒring’s art pusher (alas only viewable in 🇸🇪).
As always, when such crimes are discussed, I get some faint hope that the Cammin Casket wasn’t destroyed after all - that it sits in a vault somewhere…
www.svtplay.se/nazistplundr...
As always, when such crimes are discussed, I get some faint hope that the Cammin Casket wasn’t destroyed after all - that it sits in a vault somewhere…
www.svtplay.se/nazistplundr...
Nazistplundraren
En amerikansk historiker blir vän med Bruno Lohse, en av nazitysklands mest framgångsrika konsthandlare. Det ska leda honom till helt nya upptäckter och spännande vändningar som tar oss hela vägen til...
www.svtplay.se
October 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Have watched an interesting two-episode documentary on Bruno Lohse - Gǒring’s art pusher (alas only viewable in 🇸🇪).
As always, when such crimes are discussed, I get some faint hope that the Cammin Casket wasn’t destroyed after all - that it sits in a vault somewhere…
www.svtplay.se/nazistplundr...
As always, when such crimes are discussed, I get some faint hope that the Cammin Casket wasn’t destroyed after all - that it sits in a vault somewhere…
www.svtplay.se/nazistplundr...
Brilliant autumnal weather here on Gotland today - perfect for a visit to an Iron-age cemetery or two.
This one for example - in Dalhem parish.
pub.raa.se/visa/objekt/...
This one for example - in Dalhem parish.
pub.raa.se/visa/objekt/...
October 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Brilliant autumnal weather here on Gotland today - perfect for a visit to an Iron-age cemetery or two.
This one for example - in Dalhem parish.
pub.raa.se/visa/objekt/...
This one for example - in Dalhem parish.
pub.raa.se/visa/objekt/...
A late Viking-period/early-Medieval stirrup mount from Sanda in Fresta parish, north of Stockholm. Found in the early 1990's in a mixed settlement deposit. Now in the collections of Swe History Museum.
samlingar.shm.se/object/326ab...
But what does it depict; an anteater? Beats me...
#FindsFriday
samlingar.shm.se/object/326ab...
But what does it depict; an anteater? Beats me...
#FindsFriday
October 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A late Viking-period/early-Medieval stirrup mount from Sanda in Fresta parish, north of Stockholm. Found in the early 1990's in a mixed settlement deposit. Now in the collections of Swe History Museum.
samlingar.shm.se/object/326ab...
But what does it depict; an anteater? Beats me...
#FindsFriday
samlingar.shm.se/object/326ab...
But what does it depict; an anteater? Beats me...
#FindsFriday
Tragically, here in Sweden, the Agency for Marine & Water Management has deemed it necessary to publish a study which confirms that it ISN'T seals but over-fishing that's behind the dramatic decrease in Baltic Sea fish stocks.
SBO - Stating the Bloody Obvious! 🙄
www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...
SBO - Stating the Bloody Obvious! 🙄
www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...
Sälens roll i ekosystemen – påverkan på fiskbestånd och återhämtning
Sälar är en naturlig del av näringsväven i våra hav, men påverkar deras predation fiskpopulationer i våra vatten? Havs- och vattenmyndigheten har nu klargjort sälens roll i ekosystemen och vad det bet...
www.havochvatten.se
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Tragically, here in Sweden, the Agency for Marine & Water Management has deemed it necessary to publish a study which confirms that it ISN'T seals but over-fishing that's behind the dramatic decrease in Baltic Sea fish stocks.
SBO - Stating the Bloody Obvious! 🙄
www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...
SBO - Stating the Bloody Obvious! 🙄
www.havochvatten.se/arkiv/aktuel...
Just out: New book on the North Sea Empire (you know, Cnut & Co…)
In 🇸🇪-ish
www.bonnierfakta.se/bocker/29533...
In 🇸🇪-ish
www.bonnierfakta.se/bocker/29533...
Nordsjöimperiet : vikingarnas välde
Sommaren 1873 hittas en silverskatt under en lind i Varnhems klosterträdgård. Mynten tros vara en del av den sista danagälden – lösesumman Knut den store och hans vikingar tvingade engelsmännen...
www.bonnierfakta.se
October 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Just out: New book on the North Sea Empire (you know, Cnut & Co…)
In 🇸🇪-ish
www.bonnierfakta.se/bocker/29533...
In 🇸🇪-ish
www.bonnierfakta.se/bocker/29533...
My - once upon a time - PhD- supervisor Lena discusses aspects of Birka in this episode of the podcast “Arkeologi och historia” - in 🇸🇪-ish…
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r923a-...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r923a-...
156. BIRKA - Lena, arkeologin och garnisonen
I det här avsnittet är vi på Birka igen. Nu med en av de arkeologer som grävt mest på ön, Lena Holmquist, docent i laborativ arkeologi vid Stockholms universitet.
För dig som hänger med i podden så ve...
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October 4, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My - once upon a time - PhD- supervisor Lena discusses aspects of Birka in this episode of the podcast “Arkeologi och historia” - in 🇸🇪-ish…
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r923a-...
www.podbean.com/ew/pb-r923a-...
It is always good to look at things from new angles.
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
It is always good to look at things from new angles.
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
Yesterday I stumbled upon an ornamented fragment which is depicted in “Birka Studies 2”. When turned correctly it is evidently a piece of a Kazakevièius IIb-scabbard chape.
To my knowledge the first trace of one from Björkö/Birka.
#FindsFriday
Bloody 😈!
Went to Wikimaps for a look at where Wiki Commons-photos are geographically positioned at St Karlsö, W off Gotland.
Found two in an awkward position…
THEY WERE MINE, captured & uploaded last year but plotted ~800 m too far to the NNE. Probably caused by GPS-jamming from Königsberg.
Went to Wikimaps for a look at where Wiki Commons-photos are geographically positioned at St Karlsö, W off Gotland.
Found two in an awkward position…
THEY WERE MINE, captured & uploaded last year but plotted ~800 m too far to the NNE. Probably caused by GPS-jamming from Königsberg.
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Bloody 😈!
Went to Wikimaps for a look at where Wiki Commons-photos are geographically positioned at St Karlsö, W off Gotland.
Found two in an awkward position…
THEY WERE MINE, captured & uploaded last year but plotted ~800 m too far to the NNE. Probably caused by GPS-jamming from Königsberg.
Went to Wikimaps for a look at where Wiki Commons-photos are geographically positioned at St Karlsö, W off Gotland.
Found two in an awkward position…
THEY WERE MINE, captured & uploaded last year but plotted ~800 m too far to the NNE. Probably caused by GPS-jamming from Königsberg.
An older but nonetheless very nice Norwegian find for #FindsFriday:
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
September 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
An older but nonetheless very nice Norwegian find for #FindsFriday:
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
An ornamented (and burnt) bone fragment from Reistad in Levanger, Trøndelag. Found 1935 in a burial mound. The pelleted body implies Mammen-style (c. ~1000 CE).
More here: www.unimus.no/portal/#/thi...
(📸: CC BY-SA 4.0)
New podcast (in 🇸🇪-ish) on the recent excavation at Björkö, often called Birka.
lenakonig111.podbean.com/e/birka-utgr...
lenakonig111.podbean.com/e/birka-utgr...
155. BIRKA - arkeologisk utgrävning vid Korshamn | Arkeologi & Historia
Arkeologisk utgrävning på Birka!
I det här avsnittet ska vi till Korshamn som ligger på Björkö i Mälaren. Björkö är egentligen mest känd för den vikingatida staden Birka, men på andra sidan ön gömmer ...
lenakonig111.podbean.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
New podcast (in 🇸🇪-ish) on the recent excavation at Björkö, often called Birka.
lenakonig111.podbean.com/e/birka-utgr...
lenakonig111.podbean.com/e/birka-utgr...