A recent Histarch request was on books on Scandinavian pottery. I have 
just returned from Sweden where I picked up a copy of the following from 
the medieval museum in Stockholm: Ruukkuja ja Ruhtinaita/ Ceramic 
vessels and stove tiles from 1400-1700.  Archaeologia medii Aevi 
Finlndiae 12. ed K. Majantie 2007.  It has text in one or more Scand 
languages and English. It is is a series of articles and a catalogue of 
a recent exhibition and includes a CD. Papers include Sweden, Denmark 
and northern Germany and Eastern Baltic and covers ceramic stove tiles 
and domestic redwares. 38 euros. Details and contact  available via 
http://www.aboavetusarsnova.fi/site/index.php/fi/content/view/full/778

After experiencing the freezing June mists of Gottland I now know why 
the Vikings migrated- actually I will miss the pickled herring, moose 
meatballs and aquavit as well as the stunning folk material culture.

paul courtney
leicester
UK