In Scandinavia, the time following the ice age begins at circa 9500 BC and is called at first the Yoldia Stage (after the Yoldia Sea, then the Ancylus Stage, after the Ancylus Lake in turn named after Ancylus fluviatilis, a small fresh-water gastropod from this time.
Scandinavian | Old Scandinavian | Scandinavian literature | The American-Scandinavian Foundation | Scandinavian Airlines | 2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season | The Types of the Scandinavian Medieval Ballad | Scandinavian Seven Years' War | Scandinavian Scientist Conference | Scandinavian Peninsula | Scandinavian Mountains | Scandinavian folklore | Scandinavian Design | Scandinavian design | New Scandinavian Cooking | In some medieval Scandinavian buildings a special method of hewing which produces a herringbone pattern on the timbers, have been used (Swedish: ''Slinthuggning'', Norwegian: ''Sprettejling''). This is a modern reconstruction in Stråsjö Chapel in Hälsingland |