Öland was once a key trading post for Sweden, especially during the Viking age. The country’s second-largest island sits off ...

The item turned out to be a rare Viking artifact. The finder, who chose to remain anonymous, visited a wetland on Öland island and stumbled upon a rare Viking armband, the Kalmar County ...

The ancient Roman aqueduct is visible ... a passerby discovered a rare Viking armband in a wetland. This iron artifact, shaped like a “C” with animal head ends, is one of only three such ...

Karl-Oskar Erlandsson (an archaeologist from Kalmar) said that from the over 1,000 Viking-era bracelets in the country’s State Historical Museum, only three of the ancient objects are made of iron.