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Viking gravestone in Shetland Museum and Archives
Stone gravestone from Dunrossness in the Shetlands. Laid flat on top of the grave. Donated by University of Aberdeen. Photographed June 2016.
Victorian Memorial to Alfred the Great Naval Battle, Swanage Bay
Memorial plaque reads: "In Commemoration of a Great Naval Battle fought with the Danes in Swanage Bay by Alfred the Great D877". For more information see here
The Stone ships (Skeppssättning)(Nordic bronze age - Viking age)
The Stone ship or ship setting was an early burial custom, characteristically Scandinavian but also found in Northern Germany and the Baltic states. The grave or cremation burial is surrounded by tightly or loosely fit slabs or stones in the outline…
The Steine of Long Stone (Ivar the Boneless' Pillar), Dublin
A replica of a pillar erected in the tenth or eleventh century in the River Liffey by the inhabitants of Viking-Age Dublin. This replica was produced by artist Clíodna Cussen in 1986 and depicts Ivar / Ímar , founder of the Uí Ímair dynasty…
The Krogsta Rune Stone (U1125) - Rear / Side B
The Krogsta rune stone dates from the 6th Century, and is famous for its depiction of a human figure as well as being the only older futhark rune stone from Uppland still in situ. According to the Samnordisk Runtextdatabas, the inscription on the…
The Krogsta Rune Stone (U1125)
The Krogsta rune stone dates from the 6th Century, and is famous for its depiction of a human figure as well as being the only older futhark rune stone from Uppland still in situ. According to the Samnordisk Runtextdatabas, the inscription on the…
The "Devil of Oslo"
This relief is in the wall of Oslo cathedral. It depicts a man beset by beasts or devils, and was originally in St Hallvard's Cathedral. Iconographically, it is similar to the figure beset by beasts motif that is a feature of some earlier runestones…
Steatite Basin on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Steatite (or Soapstone) basin. These were often imported from Norway and Sweden in the Viking Age. Dunrossness. Donated by Hugh Crawford, Richmond, Surrey. ARC65209
Statue by Niels Christian Frandsen Entitled Hús Guðanna
A statue standing outside the Norwegian Church in Heimaey, Westman Islands. The statue was erected in 1999 and is named Hús Guðanna, 'House of the Gods', the plural suggesting a reference to the Norse gods.
Runic stone (FR 2 M) from Sandavágur Church in the Faroes
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…
Runestone (Sö 96)
A rune stone outside Jäders Kyrka in Södermanland. According to the Samnordisk Runtextdatabas the inscription reads: ... ... -(t)ain : þansi : at : begli : faþur : sii :: buanta :: sifuR :: han : uaR : fa... ... ... ... [s]tein…
Runestone (DR 359) in the Swedish History Museum
Rune stone DR 359, with an inscription in runes from the older futhark. Originally from Istaby, Blekinge, and now housed in the Historiska museet.It has been dated to the period 520-570, and is one of the few runestones from this early period.…
Runes, Monuments and Memorial Carvings
The RMMC Network brings together researchers, including postgraduate students, in the fields of, for instance, History, Viking Studies, Medieval Studies, Runology, Art History, History of Religion, Archaeology, and Historical Linguistics with the…
Rune stones (U Fv1976;107)
Rune stone in Uppsala domkyrka, Uppland (U Fv1976;107).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
...-arn * uk * brantr litu * risa * stin * at * karluk * faþur * sin in * kitilbiarn at * broþur ybir risti…
Rune stones (U 766 and U 767)
Rune stones fromNorrby, Back-Norrby,Uppland (U 766 and 767).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscriptions read:
U 766+ kuþastr + [l](i)t + akua + steno + (t)uo + yf(t)(i) + est + sun sen + ayk + selfon sik +Guðfastr…
Rune stones (U 755)
Rune stone inKälsta,Uppland (U 755).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
+ lis(m)[a]--... auk + tuki + rastu × stain + (þ)i(n)a + aftir + akaut + bu(k)i + i + k[a](l)[staþ](u)mLiðsma[ðr](?)…
Rune stones (U 373)
Rune stone in Örby,Uppland (U 373).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
iarbi * [l]it * stain * ht[t]R * s(u)-- sina * tuaJarpi lét stein eptir so[nu] sína tvá.
Jarpi had the stone (raised) in…
Rune stones (U 1020)
Rune stone fromKyrsta,Uppland (U 1020).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
[ku](þ)fast[r] * li[t] * [raisa] * stin ... * fastulfr ** rui... ...[st]i * bru * as[uh]kGuðfastr lét reisa stein ... Fastulfr…
Rune stone U 104 in the Ashmolean Museum
U104 is one of the so-called 'Greklandsstenarna' which refer to Norse activities in the Byzantine Empire. This rune stone was donated to the Ashmolean Museum by Charles XI of Sweden in 1687 (along with the Ändersta Rune Stone (U 1160). It was…
Rune stone (Vs 9)
Rune stone from Saltängsbron, Västmanland(Vs 9).
According to theSamnordisk runtextdatabasthe inscription reads:
× kisl × lit × kera × buru × eftR × osl × sun × sin × han…