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Hovgården

Once a royal estate, Hovgården consists of ancient grave fields, rune stones, a castle ruin, and an old “tingsplats” (meeting place from the Viking Age).

Among the old stones and grassy hills are a few houses and a church. North of the church are the three Kungshögarna (“Royal Mounds”), burial chambers within mounds, the largest being almost six meters tall. According to the historical chronicle The Life of Ansgard by Rimbart, these are the graves of the kings Olof, Björn, and Erik. These kings were the ones that first received the Christian missionaries to Sweden, and probably resided here in Hovgården.