Hovgården
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| State Party |  Sweden |
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| Type | Cultural | |
| Criteria | iii, iv | |
| Identification | #555 | |
| Region2 | Europe and North America | |
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| Formal Inscription: | 1993 17th WH Committee Session |
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| WH link: | http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/555 | |
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1 Name as officially inscribed on the WH List |
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Hovgården is an archaeological site on the island of Adelsö in Lake Mälaren in Sweden. It was occupied by the Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, being a part of Uppsala öd, a network of royal estates supporting the Kings of Sweden, and the speculated administrative centre for the settlement of Birka on the neighbouring island of Björkö. Hovgården is covered with thousands of burial mounds of kings, chieftains, and farmers from the Viking period.
The castle of Alsnöhus and a church were added in the medieval ages. The Swedish feudal system was founded here in 1279.
Hovgården, together with Birka (another Viking settlement and also the site of the earliest known Christian congregation in Sweden, founded by St Ansgar in 831), became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1993.
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