The headman's hall
A thousand years ago and more they started building halls for their leaders. These halls were considerably larger than other houses, with massive roof poles and bulging walls. Those who lived here were wealthy. In the remains of these dwellings small sheets of gold have been discovered on which human figures have been engraved.
; The kammin chest
The Kammin chest is a model of a headman's hall. It was made about a thousand years ago. Legend tells that it was once housed at Kungahälla but seized from there in a raid Until the second world war the chest was kept at a convent at Kammin south of the Baltic. It was destroyed during a bombing raid, with the result that today only plaster copies of the chest remain.
