The national saint of Norway goes by many names, and so does the pilgrim path that bears his name. The reasons behind this jumble of names are many. One of them is that this particular pilgrim path goes through two countries. The Swedish abbrevation for “Saint” is “S:T”, in Norway it’s “St.”. The Norwegian name…
Since I’m a viking age archaeologist (my thesis was about Scandinavian women in old Rus’) I’m more than average excited about runestones. In Norway, there is very few rune stones left, but there’s over 2000 of them in Sweden. I’m envious. The runestones were often raised as memorial stones, and often the name of the…
I’ve decided to start blogging about the development and everyday life of the pilgrim trail S:T Olavsleden. It’s one of several St. Olav Ways, all leading to Nidaros Cathedral, where St. Olav is buried. Stiklestad Pilgrim Center’s job is to delevop this ancient pilgrim path, mainly on the Norwegian side of the border, but in…
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