One thousand years ago a local Viking decided to raise this runestone. That is a long time ago. It was important to him to let everyone know what had happened. Too bad we can't read it today. This is one of Haninge's forgotten runestones. You will find it at Lövhagen in Österhaninge. The runic inscription reads: Ödgunn and Arnggärd had this stone raised after their brother. The stone was discovered by the farmer Rickard Åkerblom back in 1956 when he was digging a ditch.
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These ancient stones are fascinating, Steffe.
It would be nice to know what the inscription means. Fascinating bit of history and I'll bet there are many more pieces like this yet to be discovered!
Beautiful picture. It seems so alien to us in this new country, but there are exceptions. There are remains of Native American towns and artifacts (check out Chaco Canyon in New Mexico) that are older still.
Well Lowell, it means that after their brother died, Ödgunn and Arnggärd raised the stone in his memory, just like I told you! The latest runestone to be found was the one I showed you at Småhamra.
Like Jack I find the rune stones mysterious and fascinating Steffe.
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