Glösa is a locality in Alsen in the historical province

Jämtland Jämtland (; no, Jemtland or , ; Jamtish: ''Jamtlann''; la, Iemptia) is a historical province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland to the north a ...

in the middle of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. Glösa is situated in

Krokom Municipality Krokom Municipality (, ) is a municipality in Jämtland County in northern Sweden. Its seat is located in Krokom. The present municipality was formed in 1974, when the former municipalities of Alsen, Föllinge, Offerdal and Rödön were amalg ...

, 50 kilometres northwest of

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

, the capital of Jämtland. Glösa is a village in an agricultural area and has a long history.

Petroglyphs A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art. Outside North America, scholars often use terms such as "carving", "engraving", or other descriptions ...

in Glösa were made approximately 5 000 years ago. The carvings consist of

moose The moose (in North America) or elk (in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is a member of the New World deer subfamily and is the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is the largest and heaviest extant species in the deer family. Most adult mal ...

and were first described in 1685.

Gallery

File:Hällristning Glösa20070818.JPG, Petroglyphs in Glösa File:Krokom vapen.svg, A moose from Glösa forms the coat of arms of

References

* Lofterud, Curt: Hällristningarna i Glösa. Alsens hembygdsförening. * Alsen - en sockenbok. Alsen, 1982. * Alsen - Näskott. Sevärt i Krokoms kommun 1. Nälden, 1986.

External links

The Moose museum in Glösa (in Swedish)

Homepage of Alsen (in Swedish)
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