Lund, the city founded by Viking king Sweyn Forkbeard
English version: About the church ruin of Sweyn Forkbeard can be found in the basement of a 1980s house in central Lund
In central Lund along a pedestrian street it says “Drotten's Church ruin, up on a wall of a building. And then you see three silhouettes of medieval people walking and carrying a cross.
To see the church ruin you’ll have to take an elevator down and then you can see the remains of the church where the famous Viking king Sweyn Forkbeard may have been buried. It is believed that his remains were taken here to Lund, where the king was finally put at rest.
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