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New article about the origins of the Egtved Girl

Weekendavisen brings a new article which sheds light on the different perceptions of where the Egtved girl comes from

Yet another researcher has joined the discussion of where the Egtved girl comes from.

Sophie Bergerbrandt, Arkeæolog at the University of Gothenburg, has studied the Egtved girl's clothing and the artefacts she was buried with, and she finds that it is most likely that she was from Scandinavia. However, she is not from Jutland, but from Bornholm, southeast Sweden or southwest Norway.

Read the entire article in Weekendavisen (subscription required, article in Danish)