Gärde is a locality in the north of Offerdal in the historical province Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. Gärde 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 amal ...

, 70 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. Gärde is a traditional village in a genuine agricultural area with a long history. The name of the village has been known since 1553.

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 ...

on the river of ''Gärdesån'' in Gärde were made approximately 7 000 years ago. The carvings consist primely 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 ma ...

and belong to the oldest petroglyphs in Sweden.

Gallery

File:Hällristning Gärde.jpg File:Hällristning Gärde litet djur.jpg File:Hällristning Gärde spår.jpg

References

* ''En bok om Offerdal'' (A Book about Offerdal), ed. by Offerdals hembygdsförening, 1957-1964. * Curt Lofterud: ''Offerdal - Sevärt i Krokoms kommun'', part 7.

External links

Tångeråsen & Gärde
(local website, in Swedish)
Petroglyphs in Gärde
(Photo from the Jamtli museum)
A farm in Gärde
(Photo from the Jamtli museum) {{DEFAULTSORT:Garde Populated places in Krokom Municipality Jämtland Archaeological sites in Sweden Former Norwegian populated places