Mammen is a village in

Viborg Municipality Viborg Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 97,621 (1. January 2025). Søren ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

7 km north of

Bjerringbro Bjerringbro is a railway town located at the Langå-Struer Line, railway line between Viborg, Denmark, Viborg and Randers and lying on both sides of the Gudenå (''River Guden''). Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Bjerr ...

. Mammen is recognized as the production site of ''Mammen cheese'', a well known brand in Denmark.

Mammen chamber tomb

The Mammen area was the finding site of the famous and rich ''Mammen chamber tomb''; a

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

chamber tomb A chamber tomb is a tomb for burial used in many different cultures. In the case of individual burials, the chamber is thought to signify a higher status for the interred than a simple grave (burial), grave. Built from Rock (geology), rock or som ...

, complete with the remains and offerings of a wealthy

magnate The term magnate, from the late Latin ''magnas'', a great man, itself from Latin ''magnus'', "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or ot ...

burial in the winter of 970-71 AD. The tomb was opened in 1868, when a farmer began digging away at the mound of Bjerringhøj. At about the same time, a hoard was unearthed close by in a gravel quarry. The various objects of both finds later gave name to the so-called Mammen style, an art phase typical of

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. The objects are displayed at the

National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark (Nationalmuseet) in Copenhagen is Denmark, Denmark's largest museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike. The museum's main building is located a short distance from S ...

in Copenhagen.The Costume
National Museum of Denmark, accessed 25 March 2025. There are also reconstructions, se
Fashioning the Viking Age
University of Oslo: Historical Museum, accessed 25 March 2025. File:Viking attire and jewellery - VIKING exhibition at the National Museum of Denmark - Photo The National Museum of Denmark (9066249362).jpg, Reconstructed attire and objects from the Mammen chamber tomb and hoard. The golden chest is a replica of the lost Cammin Chest and not from this find, but crafted in the Mammen style. File:EB1911 Scandinavian Civilization - axe inlaid with silver.jpg, Silver adorned iron axe, probably a ceremonial weapon.

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Villages in Denmark Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Towns and settlements in Viborg Municipality {{CentralDK-stub