Oslo Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Italy runestones are three or four Varangian runestones from 11th-century Sweden that tell of warriors who died...
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There are about 3,000 runestones in Scandinavia (out of a total of about 6,000 runic inscriptions). The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia:...
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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...
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are also many additional runestones in Scandinavia that talk of eastward voyages such as the Greece Runestones, Italy Runestones, and inscriptions left...
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Varangian Guard (section Runestones)
memorials called runestones throughout Scandinavia. The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia: Denmark has 250 runestones, Norway has 50 while...
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The Viking runestones are runestones that mention Scandinavians who participated in Viking expeditions. This article treats the runestone that refer to...
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Varangians (section Runestones)
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...
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Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Greece runestones (Swedish: Greklandsstenarna) are about 30 runestones containing information related to voyages made...
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Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Ingvar runestones (Swedish: Ingvarstenarna) is the name of around 26 Varangian Runestones that were raised in commemoration...
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Oslo Copenhagen Stockholm The England runestones (Swedish: Englandsstenarna) are a group of about 30 runestones in Scandinavia which refer to Viking Age...
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