Etikett: Runestone
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Tingsflisan
En svensk version av texten finns längre ner på sidan. English: Just southeast of Köpings Church in Köpingsvik, on the Swedish island of Öland, the Tingsflisa rises towards the sky atop a mound. ”Flisa” (Shard) is a dialectal word for erected limestone stones, like the runestone inscribed here. This is indeed a runestone designated Öl…
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The Skärkindstone
En svensk version av texten finns nedanför den engelska. English: The Skärkindstone At Skärkind Old Church in Östergötland County, Sweden two runestones stand, one more unusual than the other. Skärkind Old Church dates back to the 12th century and was originally built of limestone. The church is now a chapel and contains some notable artifacts.…
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The Velanda Runestone
En svensk version av texten finns under den engelska. English: The Velanda Runestone May Thor Hallow!” Thus ends the inscription on this very unusual Swedish runestone. The Velandastenen, or Vg 150 as it is also known, stands by a small gravel road in Väne-Åsaka, Trollhättan Municipality. It is one of nearly 200 known runestones from…
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The Frösö Stone
En svensk version av texten finns nedanför den engelska. Some runestones have that little extra something that makes them stand out from the rest, and the Frösö stone is no exception. This summer, I visited this runestone, which, located in Östersund on Frösön in Jämtland, is Sweden’s northernmost runestone. Frösön is an island in Lake…
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The Hälsingtuna Stone
A Swedish version of the text can be found below. Approximately five kilometers northwest of the city Hudiksvall in Hälsingland, Sweden lies Hälsingtuna Church. The site appears to have been important early on, especially due to the runestones that are found in the churchyard. Outside the church runs the road that once led to the…
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The Seby Runestone
I spotted this massive runestone Whitley drivning down a small countryside road in Seby on southern Öland, a large island off the eastern coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Right in front of the stone that has the signum ÖL 18 there is a perfect area to stop with the car for a rest.…
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Skedemosse Sacrificial Bog
This is a place where much of what once happened here isn’t visible to the naked eye. Even so this place is crucial in understanding Scandinavia during the Iron Age. We are now on the island of Öland of the Eastern coast of Sweden in the Baltic Sea. Mosse that makes up the second part…
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The Painted Runestones in Köpingsvik
During my last visit to the island of Öland along Swedish east coast in the Baltic Sea I decided to visit the collection of runestones and fragments housed in Köping Church. Köpingsvik during the Viking Age was one of the most important marketplaces in this part of the Baltic Sea. This is obvious from the…
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The Kälvesten Runestone
Some runestones are just much more interesting than others. Some of them have become famous because of it, but some have gained much less attention from the public. This is just such a runestone. The Kälvesten runestone or Ög 8 as it is also known is erected in the graveyard at Västra-Stenby Church in the…
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The Skramle Runestone
Today I got the opportunity to visit Skramlestenen, a runestone that I have been wanting to visit for a long time. It’s the fourth of a total of four runestones in the province of Värmland that I have visited and written about. The other stones are the two Viking Age runestones of Hovlanda and Rör.…
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