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+<script lang="ts">
+/**
+ * A minimal fixed-series bar sparkline: one bar per value, heights scaled to the
+ * largest value. Presentational only — callers supply the already-bucketed
+ * counts. Used by the timeline density strip; reusable by the document chart.
+ */
+let {
+	values,
+	label,
+	class: className = ''
+}: { values: number[]; label?: string; class?: string } = $props();
+
+const max = $derived(Math.max(1, ...values));
+
+// Empty buckets keep a faint floor so the series reads as a continuous axis
+// rather than disappearing to nothing.
+const MIN_HEIGHT_PCT = 4;
+
+function heightPct(value: number): number {
+	if (value <= 0) return MIN_HEIGHT_PCT;
+	return Math.max(MIN_HEIGHT_PCT, (value / max) * 100);
+}
+</script>
+
+<div
+	class="flex h-8 items-end gap-[1.5px] {className}"
+	role="img"
+	aria-label={label}
+	aria-hidden={label ? undefined : 'true'}
+>
+	{#each values as value, i (i)}
+		<div
+			data-testid="sparkline-bar"
+			class="flex-1 rounded-[1px] bg-brand-mint"
+			style="height: {heightPct(value)}%"
+		></div>
+	{/each}
+</div>
diff --git a/frontend/src/lib/shared/primitives/Sparkline.svelte.spec.ts b/frontend/src/lib/shared/primitives/Sparkline.svelte.spec.ts
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+import { describe, it, expect, afterEach } from 'vitest';
+import { cleanup, render } from 'vitest-browser-svelte';
+import Sparkline from './Sparkline.svelte';
+
+afterEach(() => cleanup());
+
+describe('Sparkline', () => {
+	it('renders one bar per value', () => {
+		render(Sparkline, { values: [0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] });
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll('[data-testid="sparkline-bar"]');
+		expect(bars).toHaveLength(12);
+	});
+
+	it('scales bar heights relative to the largest value', () => {
+		render(Sparkline, { values: [5, 10, 0] });
+		const bars = document.querySelectorAll<HTMLElement>('[data-testid="sparkline-bar"]');
+		const h = (i: number) => parseFloat(bars[i].style.height);
+		// 10 is the max → tallest; 5 is half of the max's height; 0 is the shortest.
+		expect(h(1)).toBeGreaterThan(h(0));
+		expect(h(0)).toBeGreaterThan(h(2));
+	});
+
+	it('exposes an accessible label when provided', () => {
+		render(Sparkline, { values: [1, 2, 3], label: 'Monatsdichte' });
+		const img = document.querySelector('[role="img"]');
+		expect(img?.getAttribute('aria-label')).toBe('Monatsdichte');
+	});
+});