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Martin Rundkvist (born 4 April 1972) is a Swedish archaeologist, translator, and associate professor at the University of Łódź in Poland. His research focuses on the Bronze, Iron, and Middle Ages of Scandinavia, including significant excavations in the province of Östergötland.
Rundkvist has studied and excavated various sites in Sweden, particularly in the country's south. In 2003 and 2004, he published a three-volume work which doubled as his PhD dissertation, cataloguing the finds from Barshalder, the largest prehistoric cemetery on the Swedish island of Gotland. A subsequent book identified nine possible regional power centres in Östergötland, and attempted to determine where the "Beowulfian mead halls" of the day once stood. Excavating years later at one of these sites, Aska, Rundkvist uncovered the foundations of a large mead hall, and 30 ornate gold figures that might have represented gods or royals. In other works, Rundkvist has excavated a Viking boat grave, and analysed both the placement of deposited artefacts in the landscape and the lifestyles of the Scandinavian élite during the Middle Ages. (Full article...)
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Lund astronomical clock, occasionally and at least since the 16th century referred to as Horologium mirabile Lundense (Latin: "the wonderful clock in Lund"), is a 15th-century astronomical clock in Lund Cathedral. Mentioned in written sources for the first time in 1442, it was probably made and installed sometime around 1423–1425, possibly by Nikolaus Lilienfeld. It is part of a group of related medieval astronomical clocks found in the area around the south Baltic Sea. In 1837 the clock was dismantled. Between 1909 and 1923, it was restored by the Danish clockmaker Julius Bertram-Larsen and the Swedish architect responsible for the upkeep of the cathedral, Theodor Wåhlin. From the old clock, the face of the clock as well as the mechanism, which was largely replaced during the 18th century, was salvaged and re-used. The casing, most parts of the calendar which occupies the lower part, and the middle section were made anew.
The clock displays a medieval concept of time, based on a geocentric idea of the universe, and is decorated with religious symbols. It is possible to determine the current time of the day, the current lunar phase, the current position of the sun in the zodiac as well as the current date of the year and related information, from the clock. The current perpetual calendar spans from 1923 to 2123. (Full article...)
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On this day
- 1878 – Ivan Bratt (pictured) is born in Jönköping. He becomes a physician and liberal politician; the Bratt System of regulating alcohol consumption in Sweden is named for him.
Did you know...
- ... that Swedish actress Ulla Smidje appeared in a film alongside her two-month-old daughter, who played a newborn boy?
- ... that the Swedish broadcaster organising the Eurovision Song Contest 1975 refused to allow the contest to be shown in Chile, as a protest against the country's military dictatorship?
- ... that Elin Falk caused a national controversy in 1913 with her proposals for reforming gymnastics in Swedish schools?
- ... that Fabian Wrede's family was granted a barony to honor his grandfather Henrik Wrede's sacrifice in giving his horse to Charles IX of Sweden during a battlefield retreat?
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A view of the Rådhuset metro station in Central Stockholm
Tjörnbron (the Tjörn bridge) is one of three bridges along Tjörnbroleden that connects the islands of Tjörn and Orust to the mainland.
A small greenhouse with grapevines (Vitis vinifera) escaping from the roof hatch, In Gåseberg, Lysekil Municipality, Sweden
Map of Gothenburg, Sweden, published by N. P. Pehrsson in 1888
Mount Helagsfjället (left) and Sylan mountain range, seen from Torkilstöten, Ljungdalen
A Life Guard in Stockholm
Katarina Church and cemetery. Södermalm, Stockholm, Sweden
Allehandaborgen is a historic office building in Örebro, Sweden that was built 1891.
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