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Waiting for a seminar on the world’s oldest runestone.

Photo of a screen showing the first slide of a presentation. At the top is a picture of runes carved in stone. The text in the middle says “Runesteinsfragmenter fra Hole”. The name at the bottom is “Kristel Zilmer”

I updated all the runestone pages to use proper fonts for the inscription and transliteration on VarangianBiker.com and it looks so much better now.

https://varangianbiker.com

#Runestones #VikingAge #History #Fonts

Screenshot of a webpage. There is a trace of the runic inscription of a runestone in red at the top. Below is the inscription in a good looking font. At the bottom is the transliteration of the inscription in a proper transliteration font.

I published a whole bunch of pages about varangian runestones I’ve visited on the Varangian Biker site. Each page includes photos, a trace of the inscription and a translation. A few of them also have descriptions. I have visited more of them, but I haven’t had time to create pages for them yet.

https://www.varangianbiker.com/varangian-runestones/

#Runestones #Viking #OldNorse #History #Futhark #Runes #Varangians

Early Runestone Unearthed in Norway

https://archaeology.org/news/2025/02/04/early-runestone-unearthed-in-norway/

#archaeology #history #ancienthistory #anthropology #religion #religiousrituals #burialrites #burialsite #runes #runestones #norway #Svingerud

Queen Thrya was no ordinary Viking queen—she was a legend. Her name’s carved in more runestones than most Viking kings. As Denmark’s “strength,” she wielded influence that broke through a male-dominated society. While the warriors fought, Thrya quietly reshaped history. 👑⚔️ #Vikings #QueenThrya #LegendaryWomen #Runestones
https://vikingsvssamurai.com/queen-thrya-the-viking-queen-who-defied-historys-male-dominated-legacy/

I’ve just learned that several of the runestones in Sweden have English connections. This one that I photographed at Gamla Uppsala is inscribed with the words,

"Sigviðr, traveller to England, raised this stone in memory of Védjarfr, (his) father ... ... ..."
#sverige #sweden #Uppsala #runestones

Red sandstone block with runes carved on it. It is surrounded by grey stones, having been incorporated into the wall of the church at Gamla Uppsala.

The #runestones in #Uppsala (there are more in Uppland in #Sweden than anywhere else in the world), mostly dating back to the 10th and 11th centuries, were erected as memorials for deceased relatives, a bit like the gravestones of today.

A large stone, with a flat front, engraved with runes. The engraving has been highlighted with red paint to make it more visible. Although this has been done recently, there is evidence that the engravings would have been painted at the time the stones were erected.

I spent the afternoon riding my motorcycle to visit two runestones. The stones stand right next to each other in the middle of the woods and are only accessible via a small path. I didn’t feel like taking my big motorcycle on it, so I had to walk 20 minutes to get to the stones.

The stones are Sö 34 and Sö 35.

#runestones #StandingStoneSunday #motorcycle

Photo of a dark red large motorcycle standing on a field of grass.

Photo of a gray runestone from above. Sö 34.

Photo of the runestone Sö 34 with lots of trees in the background.

Photo he runestone Sö 34 with trees in tge background.

After the runology day about Erik Brate on Thursday there was a walk looking at houses where he lived. It ended by the gravestone of the runologist Liljegren.

#runestones #runology

Photo of travestone for the runologist Liljegren. The stone looks like a runestone, with a band of runes on the face.

Magnus Källström standing in front of the Liljegren gravestone speaking to a crowd of people.

I’m at an all-day conference on the runologist Erik Brate.

#runestones #runology

Photo of Henrik Williams presenting about the rune carver Torkel.

Photo of Jan Owe presenting Brate’s Rune lexicon.

Photo of Marco Bianchi presenting 100 year old gossip.

Photo of Patrik Larsson presenting on the name ”klefa”.

I’ve signed up for an entire day of seminars about the Swedish runologist Erik Brate in May.

#runestones #runology

I sorted all the runestone pictures on my phone into a separate album for each stone. And a folder for each region. There are pictures for 100 runestones. I have pictures from more stones, but they are on an external harddrive.

#runestones #viking #runes #VikingAge

Here’s my shelf with books on runestones, old norse, viking history and viking religion. It’s exactly 1 meter long, which is oddly satisfying. Is it time to stop buying new books now?

#shelfie #runestones #viking