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Welinders Swedish history of archaeology: A review of Stig Welinder’s book “Min svenska arkeologihistoria” (My Swedish history of archaeology) (2003).

The church, the cultural landscape and the extended Middle Ages: The concept of "the extended Middle Ages" is presented, arguing for the integration of Post-Medieval churches as well as medieval ones in the study of society and the cultural landscape.

Apses with meaning: A reply on the criticism by Christian Lovén on my interpretation of the symbolism of the Romanesque apse at churches in Scandinavia. Lovens critism is published in the perodical Fornvännen 2009: 3. My interpretation of the apse primarily as a symbol of Heaven, but also as a symbol of the sovereignty of the bishop is published in the periodical Hikuin (Wienberg 1997).

Review of Göran Gruber, "Medeltider. Samtida moblliseringsprocesser kring det förflutnas värden" (Linköping 2010)

Based on a systematic registration of written sources and all the archaeological material. Out of 11 church institutions 6 are known from archaeological investigations. Discussion on the datings, architecture, social context and economical hinterland of the institutions. Extensive list of literature and sources.The text is an edited version of a cand phil-dissertation from the University of Aarhus

The stone churches of the early medieval period are commonly supposed to have been built at the instance of society’s upper echelon, the buildingsthemselves being seen as symbolic proclamations of the social hegemony of the class concerned. The present article seeks to broaden the perspective regarding both the prime movers of church building and their motives. The building of a church required th

Report on the medieval parish church of Snårestad in Scania, Sweden. The report is part of a never fullfiled plan of publishing short building archaeological reports on all the medieval churches of the two counties Ljunits and Herrestad at Ystad in Scania as part. The investigation was conducted as a part of the research project "The Cultural Landscape during 6000 years in Southern Sweden", also c

Report on the deserted medieval chapel of Kabusa in Scania, Sweden. The report is part of a never fullfiled plan of publishing short building archaeological reports on all the medieval churches of the two counties Ljunits and Herrestad at Ystad in Scania as part. The investigation was conducted as a part of the research project "The Cultural Landscape during 6000 years in Southern Sweden", also ca

The article investigates how and why the Vikings became world-famous. The point of departure is the World Exposition in Chicago in 1893, where an icon for the Viking, a replica of the Gokstad ship, arrived the very same day as Frederick Jackson Turner presented his frontier thesis. The origin of the word Viking, the romantic revival of the Viking, the creation of the Viking Age and the criticism o