Battle Axe culture
| Geographical range | Southern Scandinavian Peninsula and southwest Finland |
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| Period | Chalcolithic |
| Dates | ca. 2800–2300 BC |
| Preceded by | Corded Ware culture, Neolithic Scandinavia, Funnelbeaker culture, Pitted Ware culture |
| Followed by | Nordic Bronze Age |
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The Battle Axe culture, also called Boat Axe culture, is a Chalcolithic culture that flourished in the coastal areas of the south of the Scandinavian Peninsula and southwest Finland, from c. 2800 BC – c. 2300 BC. It was an offshoot of the Corded Ware culture, and replaced the Funnelbeaker culture in southern Scandinavia, probably through a process of mass migration and population replacement. It is thought to have been responsible for spreading Indo-European languages and other elements of Indo-European culture to the region. It co-existed for a time with the hunter-gatherer Pitted Ware culture, which it eventually absorbed, developing into the Nordic Bronze Age. The Nordic Bronze Age has, in turn, been considered ancestral to the Germanic peoples.