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Michael CarricoMichael Carrico
Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Scandinavian Iron Age and Migration Period (c. 500 BCE–800 CE)

Scandinavian Iron Age and Migration Period (c. 500 BCE–800 CE)

  1. Scandinavian Iron Age framework widely used

    Labels: Scandinavian Iron, Pre-Roman, Germanic Iron

  2. Dejbjerg ceremonial wagons sacrificed in bog

    Labels: Dejbjerg wagons, West Jutland

  3. Earliest secure runic inscription at Vimose

    Labels: Vimose comb, Elder Futhark

  4. Illerup Ådal weapon deposits begin

    Labels: Illerup dal, weapon deposit

  5. Nydam bog sacrifices intensify in Southern Jutland

    Labels: Nydam Mose, Southern Jutland

  7. Kylver Stone records Elder Futhark sequence

    Labels: Kylver Stone, Gotland

  9. Vendel Period emerges in Swedish chronology

    Labels: Vendel Period, Sweden

  10. Björketorp runestone erected in Blekinge

    Labels: Bj rketorp, Blekinge

  11. Salme ship burials in Saaremaa, Estonia

    Labels: Salme burials, Saaremaa

  12. Scandinavian Iron Age transitions toward Viking Age

    Labels: Late Germanic, Viking Age