Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)

The Viking Village Storholmen is an archaeological open-air museum, beautifully situated near Lake Erken, ten kilometres north of the coastal town of Norrtälje, Roslagen, Sweden. The Viking Village is situated in an exciting and historically important region that shows traces of substantial connecti...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6dbbfef7e0d34491b61d9ce7eba1405e2021-12-01T14:42:31ZObituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/6dbbfef7e0d34491b61d9ce7eba1405e2015-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10183https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956The Viking Village Storholmen is an archaeological open-air museum, beautifully situated near Lake Erken, ten kilometres north of the coastal town of Norrtälje, Roslagen, Sweden. The Viking Village is situated in an exciting and historically important region that shows traces of substantial connections throughout the Baltic Sea and further east. Grave fields and runes stones surround the village, with a large burial field from the late Iron Age, with 166 burial mounds, right next to it. The burial ground is set within a beautiful nature reserve with giant oaks, several hundreds of years old. Last year, 25 May 2014, Mats Geschwind, one of the founders of Storholmen Viking village passed away. Mats was an inspirer, he strongly believed in living history and was the driving force behind the founding of the Viking village in 1995.Eva IJsveldBjörn M Buttler JakobsenEXARCarticleliving historyarchaeological open-air museumviking ageswedenMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2015/1 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic living history
archaeological open-air museum
viking age
sweden
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle living history
archaeological open-air museum
viking age
sweden
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Eva IJsveld
Björn M Buttler Jakobsen
Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
description The Viking Village Storholmen is an archaeological open-air museum, beautifully situated near Lake Erken, ten kilometres north of the coastal town of Norrtälje, Roslagen, Sweden. The Viking Village is situated in an exciting and historically important region that shows traces of substantial connections throughout the Baltic Sea and further east. Grave fields and runes stones surround the village, with a large burial field from the late Iron Age, with 166 burial mounds, right next to it. The burial ground is set within a beautiful nature reserve with giant oaks, several hundreds of years old. Last year, 25 May 2014, Mats Geschwind, one of the founders of Storholmen Viking village passed away. Mats was an inspirer, he strongly believed in living history and was the driving force behind the founding of the Viking village in 1995.
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author Eva IJsveld
Björn M Buttler Jakobsen
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title Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
title_short Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
title_full Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
title_fullStr Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
title_full_unstemmed Obituary: Mats Geschwind, Founder of Storholmen Viking Village (20 May 1961 - 25 May 2014)
title_sort obituary: mats geschwind, founder of storholmen viking village (20 may 1961 - 25 may 2014)
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url https://doaj.org/article/6dbbfef7e0d34491b61d9ce7eba1405e
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