Gudhem

Gudhem ( German: Gods home ) is a place ( tätort ) in the Swedish province of Västra Götaland County and the historic province of Västergötland. The place in the community Falköping is about seven kilometers north of the city Falköping. When you place an existing spirals of different gold treasure was found.

In Gudhem are the ruins of the mediaeval monastery ruins Gudhem and the royal court Gudhem, now a treatment institution for alcohol and drug addicts.

Here supposed to have died about 1060 Queen Gunhild Svensdotter (or Harald yolk ). She was the wife of King Anund Jacob of Sweden and is suspected of King Sven II of Denmark. In Gudhem the novel is The Penitent of Gudhem by Jan Guillou.

Was there ever, " Odin's land" as it wrote the skald Brage Broddarsson and Snorri, so it must have lain between Vänern and Vättern. Here are stone ship of Askeberga ( Ranes stenar ) Randens hög ( Kung Ranes grav; Doede effects ), Odenslunda ( Odin's grove ) and in old documents of the lake east of Odin lake is called. Rane was at this time, and in this region, one of the names Odin.

Monastery ruins Gudhem (detail)