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Hvalsey church was probably built in the early 14th Century, and is located in the Norse settlement of Hvalsey (modern Qaqortoq). There are some indications it was built on the site of an earlier Norse church. Photo by David Trood - Visit Greenland

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Photo by Ella Grødem - Visit Greenland

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St Magnus Church, founded at the site of the killing of Saint Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney by an axe-blow to the head in ca. 1116 at the orders of his cousin Hákon Pálsson. This episode, referred to in Orkneyinga saga, is possibly corroborated…

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Photo of a woman in traditional Norse dress outside the reconstruction of Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Franziska Mahler - Visit Greenland

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Today’s Jelling Church is a Romanesque masonry church, built around 1100 on the site of Harald Bluetooth’s original church from the 900s AD. In 2000, King Gorm the Old was reburied in the church’s burial chamber.

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Thirteenth century runic stone from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes. The inscription reads 'Þorkell Ônundar sonr, austmaðr af Rogalandi, bygði þenna stað fyrst.' Þorkell Ônundr's son, man of the east from Rogaland, lived in this place first…

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Information board outside the Norse St Magnus Church on Egilsay, Orkney.

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Tjodhild came to Greenland with her husband Erik the Red, founder of the first settlement in Greenland at Brattahlíð. The small church (or chapel) at Brattahlíð (Þjóðhildarkirkja) was named after her, and is…

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An image of the interior of the reconstructed church (or chapel) known as Tjodhilde's Church in Qassiarsuk, Southern Greenland by Mads Pihl - Visit Greenland

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Rune stone in Skånela Kyrka,Uppland (U 297). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: × iubiarn × raisti × staina × eftiR × sybiarn * faþur sin ×Jóbjôrn reisti…

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Fragment of rune stone in SkånelaKyrka,Uppland (U 299). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription is a fragment with no surviving inscription.

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Rune stone in Skånela kyrka,Uppland (U 302). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: -----ui * uk * ikriþr ... * ris*a * stin * þina * ift... ...(r) þiR * i * s--... ... ... ...a(l)u * uk * kuþs…

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Rune stone inLunda Kyrka,Uppland (U 353). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: suni * riti * stan * ok| |kiarþi * bro ** eftiR * sihbiarn * ak * þiahn suni * risti *Soni rétti stein ok gerði…

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Rune stone inLunda Kyrka,Uppland (U 354). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: kulauh * auk * hulma : litu : arisa : stain : þinsa : afti : suin : bruþur : sin : uafra : arfua kuþ : hialbi * ant h:ans :…

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Rune stone in SkepptunaKyrka,Uppland (U 353). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: ÷ uarhas ' uk arn-il ' uk ontuitr ' uk hruþailfr ' muþur þiRa ' þaR þriR bruþr ' litu ' rita '…

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Rune stone in SkepptunaKyrka,Uppland (U 358). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: fulkmar × lit × risa × stin × þina × iftiR × fulkbiarn × sun × sin × saR…

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Rune stone in SkepptunaKyrka,Uppland (U 358). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: fulkmar × lit × risa × stin × þina × iftiR × fulkbiarn × sun × sin × saR…

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Rune stone in SkepptunaKyrka,Uppland (U 359). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: kiftiR ' mina ' ik-ktiR nu ' ...igiftir(?) mínar(?) <ik-ktiR> <nu> ... my(?) gifts(?) ...

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Rune stone in KnivstaKyrka,Uppland (U 470). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: ...ar : sa... þ---a : iftir : uibiurn : f... ... out hans... ... þ[enn]a eptir Vébjôrn, f[ôður] ...…

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Rune stone in Övergrans Kyrka,Uppland (U 647). According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads: * kilnuk * lit * r[i]sa * stn * at * sikterf * faþur * sin * (b)[oan]ta * h[u]lmfriþaR * bali ** risti staina…
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