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Another Viking Travel Postcard spotted on a roadtrip to Sigtuna, Sweden. The runic inscription of the stone says: “Sven had the stone erected in memory of… his father and Fröydis in memory of Ulv, her husband. God help his soul”.

The names Sven and Ulv are common in the runic inscriptions but Frödis has only one [...]

There are several ruins in Sigtuna (about 50 km from Stockholm) to explore more than just taking a photo like the one below. However when we were there, it was to visit their yearly Christmas market and not regular sightseeing.

The weather was very gray most of the time and not any good for travel photo [...]

Out on a roadtrip to the small town of Sigtuna in December, we stumbled upon a couple of ruins. St Olofs Church ruin on this photo is from the medieval time.

St Olofs ruin is among one of the oldest christian stone churches in Sweden. Sigtuna is situated north of Stockholm, a very nice and picturesque [...]