"Storhögen" at Högsäter is one of three burial mounds along Byälven have been identified as grave for the sagas King Olaf Trätälja. The pile size and location suggest that there was a person with power and high status who have been buried here. The mound is one of four known so-called burial mounds, traditionally dated to 500-600's.
The tomb has a dominant position adjacent a narrow passage of Byälven, next Värmland last remaining public ferry. The mound is located at the end of a plateau, which had once been the site of one or more longhouse. Archaeological sample surveys of the plateau in recent years has given preliminary updates to Viking times in the settlement.
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The legend of Olof Trätälja is told in Snorre Sturlasson's Ynglingasaga from the year 1241. Olof was the son of the Swedish king Ingjald Illråde. As a result of his father's atrocities in Uppsala, Olof was forced to flee west, where he became king of Värmland and progenitor of the Norwegian royal families. The legend also tells that Olof was finally burned inside as a sacrifice to the god Odin. According to history, Olof Trätälja would have lived in the 7th century.
Högsäter
Högsäter, 66195 Värmlands Nysäter
Road 175 towards Arvika, about 10km north of Nysäter on your right side.
