Box brooch
Bronze, silver, gilded
Kullingbos, Källunge, Gotland, Sweden
Box brooch
Bronze, silver, gilded
Kullingbos, Källunge, Gotland, Sweden
Brooch
Bronze, gilded
Grave find: Slite, Othem, Gotland, Sweden
The gripping-beast ornamentation is gilded
Bottom plate for a box-shaped brooch, Urnes Style
Bronze, silver, gold
Tjängdarve, Träkumla, Gotland, Sweden
The plate is richly decorated with animal ornamentation
Oval brooches
Bronze and gilded
Grave find; Sandby, Öland, Sweden
Round brooch, Borre Style
Bronze, gilded, textiles
Grave find: Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden.
Trefoil brooch
Bronze, gilded
Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
The ornamentation is similar to the styles seen in finds from Finnish areas
Trefoil brooch
Silver, gilded
Findspot: Väsby, Skåne, Sweden
The brooch is of European (Frankish) provenance. Decorated with palmettes showing plant ornamentation in the Carolingian style
Round brooch, Borre Style
Bronze, iron, gilded
Grave find: Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Box-shaped brooch
Bronze, silver and gilded
Findspot: Pilgårds, Boge, Gotland, Sweden
Oval brooches
Bronze, iron, textiles
The brooches are gilded
Grave find: Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Pendant, female figurine
Silver, gilded
Grave find: Tuna, Alsike, Uppland, Sweden
The figurine may represent Frigg, the most powerful of the Asynjurs
Brooch
Bronze, gilded
Findspot: Othemars, Othem, Gotland, Sweden
The brooch may be interpreted as Freya’s magic brooch, “Brisingamen”
Tortoise brooch
Bronze, gilded, iron, white metal and textiles.
Grave find; Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden
Tortoise brooches were used to hold up a woolen overdress and to fasten strings of beads across the chest of the wearer
Round brooch, bronze, gilded, textiles (840-980)
Borre Style
Grave find: Björkö, Adelsö, Uppland, Sweden