Hovgården, Adelsö

Name: Hovgården
Address: Adelsö, Sweden

#3 among attractions in Adelsö

Unesco, Top attraction

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Hovgården is an archaeological site on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö in Ekerö Municipality in central-eastern Sweden. During the Viking Age, the centre of the prospering Mälaren Valley was the settlement Birka, founded in the mid-8th century and abandoned in the late 10th century and located on the island Björkö just south of Adelsö. Hovgården is believed to have been the site from which kings and chieftains ruled the area. Hovgården, together with Birka became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993. ()

Local name: Hovgården, Adelsö Built: VIII centuryAbandoned: X centuryUnesco: from 1993Area: 57.01 acres (0.0891 mi²)Coordinates: 59°21'36"N, 17°31'12"E

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Hovgården – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Blå lagunen, Birka, Färentuna kyrka, Uppland Runic Inscription 11.

3.6 miE
Beach, Outdoor activities
Blå lagunen, Ekerö
93 min walk • Blå lagunen or Husbygropen is the name of an artificial lake on Munsön in Ekerö municipality, Stockholm county. The lake is a disused and reclaimed gravel pit. Ekerö-Munsöleden passes through the area.
1.8 miSE
, Museum, Archaeological museum
Birka, Björkö
47 min walk • Birka, on the island of Björkö in present-day Sweden, was an important Viking Age trading center which handled goods from Scandinavia as well as many parts of the European continent and the Orient.
5.2 miNE
Stela
Färentuna kyrka, Färingsö
134 min walk • The Färentuna runestones are 11th century runestones labelled U 20, U 21, and U 22 in the Rundata catalog that are located in Färentuna, Uppland, Sweden. Runestones U 20 and U 21 were registered separately although they come from the same original runestone and consequently are called U 20/21.
0.5 miE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 11, Adelsö
13 min walk • U 11 is the Rundata designation for a runestone that is located near the ruins of the old king's dwelling at Alsnö hus near Hovgården on the island of Adelsö in Sweden.
0.4 miE
Church
Adelsö Church, Adelsö
11 min walk • Adelsö Church is a church located on the Lake Mälaren island of Adelsö, in Ekerö Municipality in central eastern Sweden. The Romanesque church, itself founded in the 12th century, is located next to Hovgården, an excavation site and a World Heritage Site dating back to before the Viking Age.
7.1 miNE
Park
Eldgarnsö, Färingsö
182 min walk • Eldgarnsö Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Stockholm County in Sweden. Eldgarnsö Nature Reserve consists of Eldgarnsö island in Lake Mälaren. A 6-kilometre-long trail runs around the island.
3.8 miE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 13
98 min walk • This runestone, listed as U 13 in Rundata, crowns the barrow of Björn Ironside in Uppland, Sweden. The stone is a fragment; broken pieces of the stone lie next to it.
3.1 miN
Park
Väsby hage Nature Reserve
81 min walk • Väsby hage Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in Stockholm County in Sweden. The nature reserve lies on Munsö, not far from Munsö Church, and consists of an area of old cultural landscape with meadows, patches of forest and groves. Large contiguous pastures dominated by stands of solitary oaks characterise much of the reserve.
3.2 miNE
Church
Munsö Church
82 min walk • Munsö Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Diocese of Stockholm. Its site, Munsö, is a village and formerly an island in Ekerö Municipality, Sweden. Because of post-glacial rebound, this island in Lake Mälaren is now connected to the island Ekerö. Munsö Church lies not far from Väsby hage Nature Reserve.
7.3 miSE
Village, Forts and castles
Kaggeholms slott, Helgö
187 min walk • Kaggeholms gård is a manor at Ekerö Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden.
2.1 miSE
Memorial
Ansgarsmonumentet, Björkö
53 min walk • The Ansgarsmonument stands on the crest of the Borgberg, inside the ancient castle Birkaborgen at Birka on Björkö, Ekerö municipality. The cross was erected in 1834 to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of Ansgar's arrival at Birka.