Recent Study Suggests A Grave in Suontaka, Finland Contained A Gender Non-Binary Viking Warrior

If you thought the discovery of a female Viking warrior a few years ago was controversial, wait until you hear about the gender non-binary warrior from Finland.

If you thought the discovery of a female Viking warrior a few years ago was controversial, wait until you hear about the gender non-binary warrior from Finland. An individual presumed to be a Viking Age Finnish warrior discovered more than 50 years ago in Suontaka, Finland, recently underwent new genetic tests to solve the decades-long mystery of why They were buried in women's clothes. The tests revealed the individual had a rare genetic condition called Klinefelter's syndrome. In Klinefelter's syndrome, men have an extra X chromosome, sometimes giving them female physical features. Given the test results, the fact that the grave contained female clothing and a warrior's weapons, and the fact that the person buried must have held an important position in the community (such graves were reserved for the elite), the study authors have suggested the individual in questions may have been gender non-binary and accepted as such in their community.

A grave that raised eyebrows from the start

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