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Trundholm sun chariot

Trundholm sun chariot
MaterialBronze
CreatedNordic Bronze Age, c. 1500-1300 BC
Discovered1902
Odsherred, Denmark
Present locationNational Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen

The Trundholm sun chariot (Danish: Solvognen) is a Nordic Bronze Age artifact discovered in Denmark. It is a representation of the sun chariot, a bronze statue of a horse and a large bronze disk, which are placed on a device with spoked wheels.

The sculpture was discovered with no accompanying objects in 1902 in a peat bog on the Trundholm moor in Odsherred in the northwestern part of Zealand, (approximately 55°55′N 11°37′E / 55.917°N 11.617°E / 55.917; 11.617). It is now in the collection of the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen.[1] It is featured on the 1000-krone banknote of the 2009 series.[2]

  1. ^ "Trundholm Sun Chariot". CWA 80. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
  2. ^ "1000-krone banknote".

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