# Sagaholm

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**Sagaholm** is the site of [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) burial mounds (*Sagaholmshögen*). Sagaholm is located in Ljungarums parish just south of [Jönköping](/source/J%C3%B6nk%C3%B6ping) in [Småland, Sweden](/source/Sm%C3%A5land%2C_Sweden).

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## Sagaholmshögen

Sagaholmshögen is a [cairn](/source/Cairn) dating from the early [Nordic Bronze Age](/source/Nordic_Bronze_Age) (c. 1700–500 BC). The site had a large [barrow](/source/Tumulus) with a circle of slabs of [sandstone](/source/Sandstone), probably numbering as many as 100. The Bronze Age graves were built in the form of a mound. Around 1,500 years after the grave was built, another four smaller graves were constructed at the foot of the mound. Only 45 graves remain, with 18 of them adorned with [petroglyphs](/source/Petroglyph) depicting ships, animals and people, including scenes of [zoophilia](/source/Zoophilia). The finds are presently on display in Jönköpings County Museum (*Jönköpings läns museum*) in Jönköping. [1]

## See also

- [The King's Grave](/source/The_King's_Grave)

- [Trundholm sun chariot](/source/Trundholm_sun_chariot)

- [Skelhøj](/source/Skelh%C3%B8j)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Sagaholmshögen"](https://jonkopingslansmuseum.se/se-och-gora/kalender/utstallningar/sagaholmshogen/). *Jönköpings läns museum*. Retrieved September 1, 2020.

## Sources

- Goldhahn, Joakim (2006) *Om döda och efterlevande med exempel från Bredrör, Skelhøj, Sagaholm och Mjeltehaugen* (Bergen, Norway: "Arkeologiske Skrifter". Pg 283–303) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9171914897](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9171914897)

## External links

- [Sagaholm](https://web.archive.org/web/20110907011750/http://home.online.no/~wen-mja/ontherocks/sagaholm.htm)

- [Jönköpings läns museum website](https://jonkopingslansmuseum.se/)

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