The stories of the Viking Age and the early Middle Ages are important elements of historical identity in Scandinavia. The female costume, with its distinctive oval buckles, is a distinctive symbol of Viking Age historiography, and is traditionally associated with a faithfully weaving wife in the safe sphere of the peasant home. But are these interpretations based on empirical evidence? Is it a relevant and thoroughly scientific picture of women, Viking Age society and its norms that is conveyed through the costume? Research on Viking Age women's costumes began in 2008. It was established early on that the burial costume with its specific oval buckles disappeared around the year 1000 - at the same time as a new era, defined by, among other things, Christian rune stones, took over. The applicant's interdisciplinary expertise in pattern construction, costume history and Viking Age archaeology shows breathtaking results based on the female burial costume, which puts the traditional image of a weaving Viking Age woman on its head. The project involves work on the completion of a scientific book with extensive visual material on the subject. The work will be carried out at Uppsala University's Museum Gustavianum's archaeological object archive.