Gärde is a locality in the north of
Offerdal in the historical province
Jämtland
Jämtland () is a historical provinces of Sweden, province () in the centre of Sweden in northern Europe. It borders Härjedalen and Medelpad to the south, Ångermanland to the east, Lapland, Sweden, Lapland to the north and Trøndelag and Norw ...
in the middle of
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...
. 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 (; ) is an Urban areas in Sweden, urban area (Stad (Sweden), city) in Jämtland in northern Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-larg ...
, 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 (: 'moose'; used in North America) or elk (: 'elk' or 'elks'; used in Eurasia) (''Alces alces'') is the world's tallest, largest and heaviest extant species of deer and the only species in the genus ''Alces''. It is also the tal ...
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)
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Populated places in Krokom Municipality
Jämtland
Archaeological sites in Sweden
Former Norwegian populated places