Stockholm The Baltic area runestones are Viking runestones in memory of men who took part in peaceful or warlike expeditions across the Baltic Sea, where...

(depending on definition). Denmark has 250 runestones, and Norway has 50. There are also runestones in other areas reached by the Viking expansion, especially...

erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th century and lasted into the 12th century, but the majority of the extant runestones date from...

The Viking runestones are runestones that mention Scandinavians who participated in Viking expeditions. This article treats the runestone that refer to...

Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm The Varangian Runestones are runestones in Scandinavia that mention voyages to the East (Old Norse: Austr) or the Eastern route...

Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Greece runestones (Swedish: Greklandsstenarna) are about 30 runestones containing information related to voyages made...

Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm The England runestones (Swedish: Englandsstenarna) are a group of about 30 runestones in Scandinavia which refer to Viking Age...

members are commemorated on runestones, such as the Viking Runestones and the England Runestones. One example is the Komstad Runestone which was raised in memory...

Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Ingvar runestones (Swedish: Ingvarstenarna) is the name of around 26 Varangian Runestones that were raised in commemoration...

Oslo Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Italy runestones are three or four Varangian runestones from 11th-century Sweden that tell of warriors who died...

77556°E / 58.29500; 14.77556 The Rök runestone (Swedish: Rökstenen; Ög 136) is one of the most famous runestones, featuring the longest known runic inscription...

is given on the Stentoften Runestone. The runestones were not carved by the same man, and so it appears that the runestone reflects a specific tradition...

parallel with the Latin alphabet. The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia: Denmark has 250 runestones, Norway has 50 while Iceland has none...

The Lingsberg Runestones are two 11th-century runestones, listed as U 240 and U 241 in the Rundata catalog, and one fragment, U 242, that are engraved...

to Iberia and thence to Italy. Three or four eleventh-century Swedish Runestones mention Italy, memorialising warriors who died in 'Langbarðaland', the...

of death of Audvalds. This runestone is considered to be one of the Baltic area runestones, which are Varangian runestones raised in memory of men who...

special runic forms, the same message is given on the Stentoften Runestone. These runestones are probably not carved by the same person, and so it appears...

runes. The Jelling stones (Danish: Jellingstenene) are massive carved runestones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark. The older...

Tullstorp was torn down in 1846. Before the historical significance of runestones was understood, they were often used as materials in the construction...

form a group of eight or nine Swedish runic inscriptions (five or six runestones, two natural rocks, and a baptismal font) and one picture stone that depict...

runic inscriptions. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runestones in a machine-readable way for future research. The database is freely...

Gothenburg Stockholm The Hakon Jarl runestones are Swedish runestones from the time of Canute the Great. Two of the runestones, one in Uppland (U 617) and one...

Thor's hammer, or Mjöllnir. Other surviving runestones or inscriptions depicting Thor's hammer include runestones U 1161 in Altuna, Sö 86 in Åby, Sö 111 in...

benefit of the runestone raiser. The Manx runestones are consequently similar to the Scandinavian ones, but whereas a Norwegian runestone is called "stone"...

memorial runestones in Sweden and Denmark, perhaps as a parallel to or a pagan reaction to the use of the cross by Christians. Other surviving runestones or...

It is one of few surviving runestones with exclusively pagan illustrations from Norse mythology. Most surviving runestones were raised during the 11th...

a snake. The runestone has some points in common with the runestone DR 295. Both runestones contain dotted k-runes and both runestones use the nasal...

understood, many runestones were used as construction material for roads, walls, and bridges. Following a fire at the church in 1684, the runestone was split...

this stone is a common motif and is found on several other Scandinavian runestones including DR 62 in Sjelle, DR 66 in Århus, DR 258 in Bösarp, the now-lost...

reflected by the largest group of runestones that talk of foreign voyages, such as those known as the Greece Runestones. These were raised by former members...