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| At right is a photograph of Farthegn's rune stone in Helsingland, Sweden.� A depiction of the one thousand year old inscription is shown above. This rune stone is typical of most rune stones in that:� 1) the letters are colored red, 2) the letters are placed within a serpentine-shaped script that reads up and down rather than from side to side, 3) the tool used to carve the runes looked more like a modern ice pick rather than a chisel, and, 4) the stone was raised by a man (Farthegn) to memorialize a male family member (his father).� What is unusual is that the runes were carved by Sweden's only known female rune master.� She called herself "Gunnborga the good".� Farthegn's father was from Vattrang, a village located one mile to the southwest of this rune stone. |
The photograph was downloaded from Nordenstigs Historia web site at http://www.bdab.se/foretagarboken/Kultur/nordenstigs_historia.htm The inscription was downloaded from UR Akadamin web site at http://www.ur.se/ura/runstenar_49.htm Previous Page......Next Page |