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Uppland Runic Inscription 53

A runestone from the Viking Age made around AD 1100 and accidentally famous due to ending up in a wall of a 17th century building. The laconic inscription says Thorsteinn and Freygunnr had this stone [raised] in memory of [...] their son. There is no evidence that these people had travelled far; the few runestones that mention overseas travellers (Vikings) are much more famous. The cannon was set up in the 17th century to protect the building from wagons.

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Kåkbrinken 1

Listing from Wikivoyage: Stockholm/Gamla stan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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