• 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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  • 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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    twenty-six Ingvar runestones – twenty-four of them in the Lake Mälaren region of Uppland in Sweden – refer to Swedish warriors who went out with Ingvar on his...
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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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  • Copenhagen Gothenburg Stockholm The Greece runestones (Swedish: Greklandsstenarna) are about 30 runestones containing information related to voyages made...
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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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  • parts of Africa (and possibly even Muslim Sicily). Notably one of the Ingvar runestones, the Sö 179, raised circa 1040 at Gripsholm Castle, commemorates a...
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    parallel with the Latin alphabet. The runestones are unevenly distributed in Scandinavia: Denmark has 250 runestones, Norway has 50 while Iceland has none...
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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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    Other runestones that deal with Varangian expeditions include the Serkland Runestones (dealing with expeditions to the Middle East) and the Ingvar Runestones...
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