King’s Grave
The King's Grave is an archaeological site. It is situated near Kivik in the southeastern portion of Scania, Sweden. The site is what remains of an unusually grand Nordic Bronze Age double burial dating from circa the 15th century BC.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: nordic bronze age grave in Kivik, southern Sweden
- Also known as: “Kiviksgraven” and “The King’s Grave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kivik Lifeboat Station and Kiviks kapell.
Kivik Lifeboat Station
Photo: Boberger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kivik Lifeboat Station is situated 620 metres northwest of King’s Grave.
Kiviks kapell
Church
Photo: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kiviks kapell is a church, which is situated 1½ km northwest of King’s Grave.
Svabesholm
Nature reserve
Photo: Jorchr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Svabesholm is a nature reserve, which is situated 3 km south of King’s Grave.
King’s Grave
- Categories: tumulus, cairn, grave field, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Simrishamn Municipality, Scania, Götaland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.68267° or 55° 40′ 58″ northLongitude
14.23388° or 14° 14′ 2″ eastOpen location code
9F7PM6MM+3HOpenStreetMap ID
way 124080042OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=yesWikidata ID
Q1540741
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“King’s Grave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبر الملك”
- Arabic: “قبر كيفيك”
- Armenian: “Չիվիկի դամբարան”
- Basque: “Kivikeko Erregearen hilobia”
- Chinese: “维京国王墓”
- Danish: “Kivigsgraven”
- Danish: “Kivik-graven”
- Danish: “Kiviksgraven”
- Finnish: “Kivikin kuninkaanhauta”
- French: “Kiviksgraven”
- French: “sépulture de Kivik”
- French: “tombe royale de Kivik”
- French: “Tombe royale de Kivik”
- German: “Grab von Kivik”
- Japanese: “王の墓”
- Japanese: “王墓”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kongegraven i Kivik”
- Norwegian: “Kongegraven i Kivik”
- Polish: “Kivik (stanowisko archeologiczne)”
- Polish: “Kivik”
- Portuguese: “O Túmulo do rei (sítio arqueológico)”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo real de Kivik”
- Russian: “Кивикская гробница”
- Russian: “Чивикская гробница”
- Spanish: “La tumba del Rey”
- Swedish: “Ängakåsen (Koarum)”
- Swedish: “Ängakåsens gravfält”
- Swedish: “Bredarör”
- Swedish: “Kiviksgraven”
- Swedish: “Kiviksmonumentet”
- Swedish: “Kiviksröset”
- Swedish: “Kungagraven i Kivik”
- Swedish: “Kungagraven”
- Swedish: “Penninggraven”
- Turkish: “Kivik Kral Mezarı”
- Turkish: “Kiviksgraven”
- Turkish: “Kral Mezarı”
- Ukrainian: “Чивикська гробниця”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kiviks Museum and Bushaltestelle Kivik Centrum.
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