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| The last ice age (Weichsel) began 115 000
years ago. It reached its maximum extent about 20 000 BC. |
This is the extent of the glacier before the
warm Bölling-period 13 000-12 200 BC when the ice melted away from southern
Scandinavia. |
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| This is the position of the glacier after the
last cold spell during the Weichsel ice age. The Scandinavian landscape
forms a tundra. |
The last stage of the ice age begins 9 500 BC
when the average temperature rises and the withdrawal of the glacier
accelerates. |
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| The average temperature is 8 500 BC
on the
same level as today and the ice age is thereby officially over. The last
remnants of the glacier will disappear during the next millennium. |
The average temperature is about 2-3 degrees
Celsius higher than today. As a consequence of the ice age the land is
slowly elevating except for the southern part of Scandinavia which is
sinking, |
