A bike ride through rural Österhaninge took me to this rune stone. The inscription reads: Signjut raised this stone after Sigröd, his father, Sibbes brother. The runestone is 1000 years old. Originally it stood at the Valsta border, but in 1835 it was moved to this location a few hundred meters north. There are lots of Viking remains in this area of Österhaninge. Zoom out a bit. In total there's 2500 rune stone around the country. I have a flickr set with a few more.
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There's a town in Minnesota, USA that claims a Viking runestone. Now that I've seen yours, I guess it's worth a trip this summer to see the one in rural MN.
Hmmm. I'm guessing that runestone must have been brought over. There are a lot of Swedish and Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota (thus the "Minnesota Vikings").
I love History and would love to visit Europe where things are really old. America is a young country in comparison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_Runestone
Interesting link. I guess God only knows.
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