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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Frösö RunestoneCountry: Sweden
NOTE: This site is 39.522 km away from the location you searched for.
Landskap: Ångermanland Type: Carving
Latitude: 63.183333N Longitude: 14.618889E
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3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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Frösöstenen is the northern-most raised runestone in the World and Jämtland's only runestone. It originally stood at the tip of ferry terminal on the sound between the island of Frösön and Östersund. It now stands in front of Landstingsborgen "the county council fort/castle", on Frösön. See below for composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and the Frösö Runestone.
On it is inscribed:
Austmaðr, Guðfastr's son, had this stone raised and this bridge built and Christianized Jämtland. Ásbjörn built the bridge. Trjónn and Steinn carved these runes.
The following Old Norse person and place names appear in the inscription:
Austmaðr (English: Man from the East) - An Old West Norse[citation needed] speaking man from Mainland Scandinavia. Similarly, Vestmaðr (English: Man from the West) was an Old West Norse-speaking Briton.
Guðfastr (English: He who is faithful to God)
Jamtaland (English: Land of the "Jamtar"- The Old Norse name for Jämtland where jamti may mean 'hard-working person'; cf. German adjective emsig 'hard-working'.
Ásbjörn (English: God Bear)
Trjónn - (English: Snout - A name more or less specific to Jämtland, and also found in several Medieval documents from Jämtland[1])
Steinn (English: Stone)
The stone (J RS1928;66 $) is also unique in that it was done in memory of Austmaðr's Christianization of Jämtland and bridge building, rather than as a cenotaph. The stone dates to between 1030 and 1050. It has now been relocated to the lawn in front of the local county seat due to the construction of a new bridge, between 1969 and 1971, on the original site.
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