R esearch conducted by the University of Gothenburg looked into the remains of Vikings from Sweden’s Viking Age, and all they saw were problems. Previous studies examined teeth from ancient graves in ...

You may think of Vikings as warriors raiding and ransacking Medieval European villages. But this image of Viking hordes embarking on sea voyages with the sole purpose of pillaging is changing with new ...

Press contact: Margareta G. Kubista, tel. +46 705 30 19 80, email [email protected] Communications Department Schwedischer Forschungsrat - The Swedish Research Council Sweden's Viking Age ...

Viking Dental Health Was a Nightmare, New Skull Analysis Shows With no antibiotics or modern dentistry, persistent ear and tooth infections were the norm for Viking-era residents of modern day Sweden.

Viking life wasn’t just tough, it was often chronically painful. For proof, all you need to do is examine their skulls. That’s what researchers at Sweden’s University of Gothenburg did with the ...

All the skulls came from adults who died between 20 and 60 years of age. The study lead, Carolina Bertilsson, is an assistant researcher at the University of Gothenburg and a dentist within Sweden ...

Science Archaeology Viking mouths were a painful mess CT scans of 12th century skulls showed signs of ‘severe morbidity.’ By Andrew Paul Published Feb 21, 2025 1:09 PM EST ...

Sweden's Viking Age population appears to have suffered from severe oral and maxillofacial disease, sinus and ear infections, osteoarthritis, and much more. This is shown in a study from the ...

Journal Reference: Carolina Bertilsson, Eva Borg, Maria Vretemark, Henrik Lund. Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls. BDJ Open, 2025; 11 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41405-025 ...

More information: Carolina Bertilsson et al, Findings from computed tomography examinations of Viking age skulls, BDJ Open (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41405-025-00309-9 Provided by Swedish Research Council ...