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Bocksten Man | |
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Bockstensmannen | |
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| Died | |
| Cause of death | Homicide |
| Body discovered | 1934 (shoe sole) 22-23 June 1936 (skeleton) |
| Resting place | Halland Museum of Cultural History, Varberg, Halland County, Sweden |
| Era | fl. c. 1250-1520 |
| Known for | His well-preserved remains |
| Height | 170–180 cm (5 ft 7 in – 5 ft 11 in) |
The Bocksten Man (Swedish: Bockstensmannen) is the remains of a medieval man's body found in a bog in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. It is one of the best-preserved finds in Europe from that era and is exhibited at the Halland Museum of Cultural History (formerly known as Varberg County Museum). The man had been killed and impaled to the bottom of a lake which later became a bog. The bog where the body was found lies in Rolfstorp in Halland County, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of Varberg on the west coast of Sweden, close to the most important medieval road in the area: the Via Regia. In 2006, he was reconstructed to show what he may have looked like when he was alive, and it was displayed in the museum alongside the original skeleton.[1][2]
- ^ Lindh, Nic. "Murdered 600 years ago". Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- ^ "BOCKSTENSMANNEN FÅR ETT ANSIKTE". Hallands Kulturhistoriska Museum (in Swedish). Retrieved February 9, 2021.