Runestone from Frösön
The so-called rune stone from Frösön ( Swedish Frösöstenen - No. J RS1928; 66) is a rune stone from the 11th century . It is located on the Swedish island of Frösön in Jämtland and is the northernmost rune stone in Sweden and the only one in Jämtland that borders Lapland in the north .
Frösön (Freya's Island) near Östersund is the largest island in Storsjön . For almost a millennium it was the center of Jämtland and the place where the “Jamtamot”, a thing , was held.
A snake connected to the Irish belt and biting its tail bears the text. The runic inscription of the serpentine ribbon stone typical of Sweden:
- Austmaðr, GuðfastaR sun, let ræisa stæin þenna ok gærva bro þessa ok hann let kristna Iamtaland. Asbiorn gærði bro. Trionn ræist ok Stæinn runaR þessaR.
This can be translated as follows:
- “Östman, son of Gudfast, had this stone built and this bridge built and he had Jämtland Christianized. Åsbjörn made this bridge. Tryn and Sten carved these runes. "
The stone is unique in that it is the oldest text that mentions the province of Jämtland and was made in memory of the Christianization of Jämtland and the bridge builders. As is often the case, it is not a gravestone , but a descent stone.
The Frösöstein, built in 1050 at the earliest, originally stood at the head of the first bridge between the island and the mainland. Due to bridge construction work between 1969 and 1970, he was moved and now stands in front of the Landsting building in Östersund .
Web links
- Runestone from Frösön - entry in the database "Fornsök" des Riksantikvarieämbetet (Swedish)
- Description (Swedish)
- The Frösöstein on Grosssteingraeber.de
Coordinates: 63 ° 10 ′ 59.8 ″ N , 14 ° 37 ′ 8 ″ E