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2 Historiska museet

Sweden’s Historiska museet (History Museum) was opened in Upper floor
1943. It was designed by Bengt Romare and Georg Sherman.
Sculptor Bror Marklund was responsible for the decoration
around the entrance and the richly detailed bronze gateways
depicting events in early Swedish history. The museum
originally made its name with its exhibits from the Viking era,
as well as its outstanding collections from the early Middle
Ages. Contemporary church textiles are also on show. Many
of Historiska museet’s gold treasures have been gathered
together to form one of Stockholm’s most remarkable
sights, Guldrummet (the Gold Room).

Courtyard

Bronze Age Find
This Bronze Age artifact, thought
to be a percussion instrument,
was discovered in a bog in
southern Sweden in 1847.

Ground floor
. The Alunda Elk
This 21­cm (8­inch) stone axe, discovered in
1920 at Alunda in central Sweden, resembles
an elk’s head. It is a ceremonial axe, probably
made in Finland or Karelia in around 2000 BC. Rosengården

The Bäckaskog Woman
The 1.5­m (5­ft) long
Bäcka skog woman
lived around 5000 BC.
She died at the age of
40–50 and was buried
sitting in a cramped pit.

Key
The Viking Era
Prehistoric Era This eventful era is represented
Middle Ages and Baroque by exhibits including a Viking
sword with artistic embellish­
Temporary exhibitions
ments, and ornaments in the
Non­exhibition space shape of Nordic animals.

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