Month January 2023

Archaeology, Germanic Peoples, Iron Age

The Svingerud stone – The Most Ancient Runestone Revealed in Norway

On 17 January 2023, professor Kristel Zilmer (University of Oslo) reported the discovery of the oldest runestone unearthed in Scandinavia, dating from ca.1-250 AD.

Until now, it was believed that runes started to be carved in stone in Scandinavia only during the IVth century AD.

Andris Mucenieks
19 January 2023

Olaus Magnus, Church History, History of the Religion, Protestantism in Sweden, Religion

Heresy in Olaus Magnus – Reactions to the Lutheran Reformation in the North (XVIs)

Published originally in Portuguese as: Reações à reforma luterana no Norte: as diversas faces da heresia e heterodoxia na Historia de Gentibus Septentrionalibus, de Olaus Magnus (XVIs): PLURA, Revista de Estudos de Religião, ISSN 2179-0019, vol. 8, nº 2, 2017,…

Andris Mucenieks
8 January 2023