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13-522: Vendel Church ( Vendels kyrka ) was probably begun to be built in Romanesque style during the latter half of the 13th century. Around 1450, the church was vaulted with brick vaults. The church is most noted for its murals by Johannes Iwan who worked in Uppland during the 15th century. In 1881 to 1883, several excavations by Swedish archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe (1841–1905) revealed 14 graves in and just beyond

26-503: A 10th-century chamber-grave. In 1883–1885 he took part in the Vanadis expedition which sailed around the world with the frigate Vanadis visiting South America, Oceania, Asia, and Europe. During land excursions, Stolpe collected 7500 cultural specimens for an intended ethnographical museum in Sweden. In 1900, an ethnographic department was established at Swedish Museum of Natural History (now

39-617: A degree in zoology and botany and obtained a PhD in 1872. He worked at the Swedish History Museum during the years 1874–1900. Over a period of twenty years, he carried out large excavations at Birka on Björkö where there are burial mounds dating from the Bronze Age. One of the graves he documented was that of the Birka female Viking warrior (Birka chamber grave Bj 581) buried with the accoutrements of an elite professional Viking warrior in

52-589: A period (the Vendel Age ) in the Scandinavian Iron Age, and to the corresponding Vendel style in art. It has often been suggested that the Germanic Vandals , or at least their kings or rulers, were connected to the site. In this it is coupled with the name of a companion site at Valsgärde in the same region. The close comparisons with the 27-metre ship burial at Sutton Hoo show a direct connection between

65-460: Is also very comparable to the Sutton Hoo shield, and has a stamped metal strip mount which is actually die-linked to an equivalent piece at Sutton Hoo. The Vendel boats were identified by the presence of many ship-rivets, and accompanied by many animal sacrifices (mainly horses) within the burials. A later grave (Grave 3) contained an important set of bridle-mounts for a horse. These graves date between

78-611: The Museum of Ethnography, Sweden ( Etnografiska museet ). Hjalmar Stolpe became the ethnographic unit's first director. In 1903 he was appointed curator and professor. From 1875 he was married to Emmy Holmgren (1841 - 1905). He died in 1905 in Stockholm . This article about a Swedish archaeologist is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Swedish Museum of Natural History The Swedish Museum of Natural History ( Swedish : Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet , literally,

91-628: The National Museum of Natural History), in Stockholm , is one of two major museums of natural history in Sweden , the other one being located in Gothenburg . The museum was founded in 1819 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences , but goes back to the collections acquired mostly through donations by the academy since its foundation in 1739. These collections had first been made available to

104-545: The armourers producing work found at the two sites, a connection central to the understanding of both. The Sutton Hoo burial is often associated with King Rædwald of East Anglia , (ruled c 599-624), who in his later reign (c 616-624) was most powerful among the rulers of the English kingdoms. 60°09′47″N 17°36′06″E  /  60.16306°N 17.60167°E  / 60.16306; 17.60167 Hjalmar Stolpe Knut Hjalmar Stolpe (23 April 1841 – 27 January 1905),

117-527: The later 6th to 8th centuries. At Husby near Vendel there is a large mound which local tradition calls Ottarshögen from Ottar also known as Ohthere and hög , meaning mound or barrow. Ohthere is associated with the person of that same name in the epic Beowulf . An excavation in 1917 revealed the remains of a powerful man who was buried at the beginning of the 6th century, the time of Ohthere. Other graves of similar date, associated with Ohthere's family, are at Old Uppsala . Vendel has given its name to

130-546: The museum into order during his time as keeper (1828–1831) before returning to Lund as professor. The present buildings for the museum in Frescati , Stockholm, was designed by the architect Axel Anderberg and completed in 1916, topped with a dome . As of 2014 it is the largest museum building in Sweden. The main campus of Stockholm University was later built next to the museum. The museum has Sweden's first purpose-built IMAX Dome cinema called Cosmonova , which opened in

143-549: The public in 1786. The museum was separated from the Academy in 1965. One of the keepers of the collections of the academy during its earlier history was Anders Sparrman , a student of Carl Linnaeus and participant in the voyages of Captain James Cook . Another important name in the history of the museum is the zoologist, paleontologist and archaeologist Sven Nilsson , who brought the previously disorganised zoological collections of

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156-489: The south-east corner of the churchyard. Several of the burials were contained in boats up to 9 m long, and they were richly furnished with arrangements of weapons (including fine swords), helmets, cauldrons and chains, beads, shields, tools etc. The helmets from Graves 1, 12 and 14 bear close comparison to the helmet from the early 7th century ship-burial at Sutton Hoo , Suffolk, England , with die-stamped plaques depicting scenes of warriors. The shield from Grave 12 at Vendel

169-597: Was a Swedish entomologist, archaeologist, and ethnographer. He was the first director and curator of the Museum of Ethnography, Sweden . He is best known for his meticulous archaeological excavations at the Viking-age site Birka on the island Björkö. Hjalmar Stolpe was born at Gävle in Gävleborg County , Sweden. He was the son of Carl Johan Stolpe, the mayor of Norrköping , and Katarina Vilhelmina Charlotta Eckhoff. He graduated from Uppsala University in 1860 with

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