Kung Tryggves grav

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Kung Tryggves grav

Kung Tryggves grav (also called Tryggverör ) is a Röse ( Swedish Gravröse or Rojr ) on the island of Tryggö in Sotenäs in the Swedish province of Västra Götalands län and the historic Bohuslän province in Sweden .

Legend has it that King Tryggve Olafsson , the father of Olav I. Tryggvason , who was ambushed and killed by his half-brother Gottorm Eriksson (928–953) in 963 together with twelve men, was buried in the Bronze Age rose .

Tryggö belonged in the 10th century as part of Ranrike to the Norwegian province of Viken , the south of which is now in Bohuslän. The island is part of the Ramsvikslandet och Tryggö nature reserve and is not far from Hunnebostrand at the southern entrance of the Soten Canal .

Names that refer to a king can be found on several megalithic sites ( Kung Björns Grav , Kung Rings Grav , Kung Östens Grav ), on rune stones Kung Kåres sten and on building stones ( Kung Götriks sten , Kung Anes Sten , Kung Sigges sten or pairs of stones Kung Råds grav) and even more common in Denmark.

Large hills with a diameter of more than 30 meters are often called "Kungshögen" ( German  "Königshügel" ) in Sweden . They are mainly found around the Mälaren , some examples can also be found in other landscapes. The large mounds often date from the younger Iron Age . Some of the biggest: Anundshög in Västmanland , Grönehög in Bohuslän , Högom in Medelpad , Inglinge hög in Smaland , Kung Ises Hög at Laholm in Halland , Kung Ranes hög in Vastergotland , Ledbergs kulle in Östergötland , Randens hög in Halland, Skalunda hög in Västergötland , Ströbo Hög in Västmanland and the three hills in Alt-Uppsala in Uppland. Hagahögen, known as "Kung Björns Hög" in Hågadalen west of Uppsala , is an approximately 7.0 meter high burial mound with a diameter of 45.0 meters and is considered to be Scandinavia's gold-richest Bronze Age grave .

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Coordinates: 58 ° 23 ′ 41.8 "  N , 11 ° 14 ′ 11.3"  E