Håga Mound

The Håga mound (Hågahögen) or King Björn's Mound (Kung Björns hög) is a large Nordic Bronze Age tumulus in the western outskirts of Uppsala, Sweden [1]. It is one of the most magnificent remains from the Nordic Bronze Age [1]. It is Scandinavia's most gold-rich bronze age grave ever found [1]. Hågahögen mound is approximately 7 metres high and 45 metres across [1]. It was constructed circa 1000 B.C. by the shore of a narrow inlet of the sea [1]. The mound was built of turfs that had been laid on top of a cairn [1]. The cairn was built on top of a wooden chamber containing a hollow oak coffin [1]. Within the coffin are the cremated remains of a short man [1].