The stone is believed to have been crafted by Fot, a famous runemaster who lived 1,000 years ago Courtesy of Emelie Sunding/Upplandsmuseet A long-lost rune stone from the Viking era has been ...

A Viking-era rune stone that went missing for almost two centuries has been found after a Swedish archaeologist stumbled on it almost by chance. The find took place during installation work of a ...

New 3D scans have revealed new information about Denmark's famous Jelling Stone, including the identity of a powerful Viking queen. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

There are those who believe Minnesota’s connection to Scandinavia goes much further back than settlers by the name of Olson or Swenson. Some scholars and theorists say Norsemen were the first ...

When Lene Brandt and her husband, Anders Nielsen, were preparing to tear up the linoleum floors in the kitchen in their home in the village of Mosekær, in Denmark, they probably expected the normal ...

UPPSALA, SWEDEN—The Local, Sweden, reports that a Viking-era rune stone has been found near the site of Hagby Church, where it had been part of a threshold leading to the church’s porch in the ...

Drive north of the Swedish capital for about half an hour and you’ll reach the lakeside district of Vallentuna, a pleasant community with cobblestone churches, picnic areas and playgrounds. It’s also ...

Per press release, “Were Norsemen the first Europeans to explore the Minnesota-Great Lakes and surrounding area more than a century before Christopher Columbus? Some scholars and fervent theorists ...

A stone carved with symbols known as runes and dating to the Middle Ages has been discovered during an excavation ahead of a railway-construction project in Oslo, Norway. Runic writing was used in ...

STOCKHOLM - The writing on a famous Viking-era runestone may reflect fears of an approaching climate disaster in 9th century Scandinavia, according to new research by a team of Swedish academics. The ...

A thousand-year-old rune stone, missing for 200 years, has been discovered by accident outside a church in Sweden. The Viking stone, dating from the mid-11th century, was found when workmen installed ...

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