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The Importance of Being Earnest with Runes

Posted on 2018-10-31 by Henrik Willliams

About the second day of this year’s Rune Round and an “informal” dinner at Uppsala university.

Posted in Swedish Runes | Tagged Altuna, American Association for Runic Studies, Christianization, Claiborne Thompson, Magnus Källström, Midgard Serpent, ornamentation, Runestone wine, runestones, Runic excursion, Skansen, Sö 352 Linga, Sweden, The Rune Round, U 631 Kalmar church, Uppland, Uppsala university, Viking Age | 2 Comments |

What’s in a name?

Posted on 2018-09-29 by Henrik Willliams

A month ago, the second Rune Round took place in the Vallentuna area. This region is so thick in runestones that it is called The Runic Kingdom.

Posted in Swedish Runes | Tagged Arkil's tingstad, Bällsta, Broby, Carolina Rediviva, Granby, Jarlabanki, Name giving, Orkesta, rune names, Rune Round, runestones, Runic excursion, Vallentuna, Viking Age | Leave a comment |

Runic excursion in Knivsta

Posted on 2016-09-20 by Henrik Willliams

This month, it was time for the sixth such excursion, and amazingly quite a crowd turned out once again to hear about the runestones in their neighborhood.

Posted in Swedish Runes | Tagged Knivsta, Personal names, Runic excursion, Sweden, Uppland | 5 Comments |

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