Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland, Sweden’s second-largest island. At first, he thought the ...

who regularly uncover Viking treasures and artifacts, hoping to learn more about these people and the people they came into contact with, or pillaged in most cases. Just last year, for example ...

The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder, who chose to remain anonymous, visited a wetland on Öland island and stumbled upon a rare Viking armband, the Kalmar County ...

It turned out to be a Viking lead weight. These artefacts suggested Scandinavian links, and there was a further clue. Grains of sand found in the caulking used to seal the boat are unlike any ...

But it turned out to be a Viking Age iron arm bracelet that could be more than 1,000 years old. After the anonymous man discovered the artifact, he contacted a local archaeologist, who advised him ...

A passerby discovered a rare Viking-era iron bracelet in a wetland on the Swedish island of Öland. The open-ended bracelet style is rare in large part because of the use of iron. Officials plan ...