An illiterate did this

I biked through some of the rural parts of Haninge yesterday, on what must have been the first day of Summer. If you ride right through the old village of Stadsberga, the road turns into a gravel path and if you continue over a little hill and down on the other side, you will be at Beteby, and that's where you can find this runestone of sorts. It has been suggested that an illiterate person, possibly called Björn,living at the farm here a few eons ago had the runestone made. The runes doesn't really say anything understandable. But it does have the familiar snake and also a cross. Maybe he, and I am pretty sure it was an old Viking, just wanted to have a runestone at his home to feel more important.

Betania

Time for another visit to rural Österhaninge. This time to a place called Beteby. Not far from Stadsberga, and it was after a visit to that village that I decided to continue down the gravel road for another kilometre or so. I have noticed a few unusual looking buildings here on previous visits, and luckily for me I saw the owner out working in the garden, so I walked in and introduced myself. This is Betania. The name comes from the biblical village Bethany. Today a private home, but once upon a time this was a Baptist Chapel. I was invited to have a look inside, and the old building hasn't changed much since it served as a chapel. The other building also has an interesting history. It is a "loftbod" from 1880. And it has travelled a long way, 930 kilometres. Originally it stood in the village Bodsvedjan, outside Boden, not far from the Fortress. Many years ago a young girl used to sleep in the hut. But when she grew older and moved south she decided to take the old loftbod with her. So today it stands in the garden at Betania. When it was first built it was most likely used for food storage.