ListenAround 1400 years ago, a man was buried on a ship at Valsgärde north of Uppsala. With him on the ship he had weapons, household items, food, horses and dogs. He was not the first to be buried on the site and more would be buried in a similar fashion after him.
Vikings and the Viking age are familiar terms throughout the entire world. After many years of excavation on the site there is a great deal to tell about this period. The area is unique since the graves were completely untouched when they were discovered. It turned out that many of the findings came from the period before the Viking age - that which
is called the Vendel period (550-800 AD).
For those interested, the exhibition is a veritable treasure chamber. The more high status finds from the Vendel period with their gilded gold, garnets and beautiful ornamentation are displayed side-by-side with the Viking age' simpler and more functional objects, which instead were decorated in silver. The exhibition covers an exciting period which tells of local and distant contacts and influences. The objects came here by way of trade and pillaging or as gifts exchanged between notables.