Egtved is a village with a population of 2,446 (as of 1 January 2022) near

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

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in Vejle municipality in the

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Region of Southern Denmark. Nearby is

Tørskind Gravel Pit Tørskind Gravel Pit (''Tørskind Grusgrav'') is a former gravel pit converted into a sculpture park near Egtved, Vejle, Denmark. The sculptures were created by Robert Jacobsen (1912-1993) and Jean Clareboudt (1944-1997) over five years from 1986 ...

, a sculpture park. The village has a Romanesque church built in 1170, to which a tower was added in 1863. The

Egtved Runestone The Egtved Runestone or DR 37 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It was discovered in 1863, by a master mason named Anders Nielsen from Starup, in the southern part of the cemetery of Egtved ch ...

, found near the church in 1863, is now on display in the church.

Egtved Girl

Near the village is a

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archaeological site (ca. 1370 BC) which contained an extremely well-preserved burial. It was discovered in 1921 and is one of the best preserved Bronze Age findings in Denmark. It contained the well preserved body of a girl known as the ''Egtved Girl''. On the site where she was found a

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with a diameter of 22 metres and a height of 4 metres was built. The teenaged girl was dressed in a string skirt, a short sleeved shirt with a woven belt, and a bronze spiked belt disc. She was laid on a cow-hide and covered by a coarse

wool Wool is the textile fibre obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids. The term may also refer to inorganic materials, such as mineral wool and glass wool, that have properties similar to animal wool. As ...

len blanket. Lying next to her was a

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-bark drink container with remnants of a drink made of bog myrtle,

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and

honey Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several bees, the best-known of which are honey bees. Honey is made and stored to nourish bee colonies. Bees produce honey by gathering and then refining the sugary secretions of plants (primar ...

. There is also a small museum describing the discovery of the rare find in detail and displaying copies of the Egtved Girl's clothing, jewellery and buckle. This has allowed a very close look at Nordic Bronze Age clothing and hairstyles.

Literature

C. Michael Hogan, ''Egtved Girl Barrow'', The Megalithic Portal, editor A. Burnham, 4 October, 2007

Notable people

* Poul Steenstrup (1772 in Egtved – 1864) a businessman, industrial entrepreneur and politician *

Peter Sørensen Vig Peter Sørensen Vig (7 November 1854 – 21 March 1929), commonly known as P. S. Vig, was a Danish American pastor, educator, and historian in the Lutheran church. He was integral to the formation of the Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church in North A ...

(1854 in Bøgvad, Egtved Sogn - 1929) a Danish-American pastor, educator and historian in the Lutheran church *

Olaf Pedersen Olaf Pedersen (8 April 1920 – 3 December 1997) was a Danish historian of science who was "leading authority on astronomy in classical antiquity and the Latin middle ages."Michael Hoskin (October 1998Obituary: Olaf Pedersen Astronomy and Geophy ...

(1920 in Egtved – 1997) an authority on astronomy in classical antiquity and the Latin Middle Ages *

Mette Gravholt Mette Gravholt (born 12 December 1984) is a retired Danish handball player who played for Fredericia HK and Danish national team. Gravholt is openly lesbian. She met Betina Lambæk, with whom she has a son Matteo who was born via ivf in 2017. T ...

(born 1984 in Egtved) a retired Danish handball player who played 53 games for

References

External links

Egtved Girl
Prehistoric sites in Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Vejle Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub et:Egtved fo:Egtved kommuna it:Egtved nl:Egtved no:Egtved pl:Gmina Egtved pt:Egtved ru:Эгтвед sv:Egtved kommun