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01 Boundless meetings 02 Family and hierarchy 03 Divine craftwork 04 Midgard 05 Belief and traditions 06 The living and the dead 07 Waterways 08 Trading and raiding 09 Town-like centres 10 Christian monuments

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Home 01 Boundless meetings 02 Family and hierarchy 03 Divine craftwork 04 Midgard 28: Meaningful drinking 29: Til – a Viking Age estate 30: Town-like trading centres emerged 31: Skiing Finns – the northern people 32: Ceramics from all around the world 33: Runes in everyday life 34: Surviving the winter 35: Dirty creatures or vain Norse people? 36: No moderation when dressing up 37: Only fragments and threads remain 38: House and home under lock and key 39: A wooden spoon for the soup 40: The longhouse – symbol of ownership 41: Dark – but warm and colourful 42: Demand for timber emptied the landscape 43: Food for the poor and the rich 44: Music for work, everyday life and feasts 45: Sacrifices – Viking home insurance 05 Belief and traditions 06 The living and the dead 07 Waterways 08 Trading and raiding 09 Town-like centres 10 Christian monuments

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Fire steel

Fire steel

Lyre-shaped iron fire striker. Grave find, Ålbo, Hedesunda Parish, Gästrikland.

Image rights: Ola Myrin, Historiska museet/SHM (CC BY 4.0

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Object number: 1183243_HST

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