The stone that named the Viking village

The stone that named the Viking village

Discover the tale of the Törnby stone, Sweden's longest Viking Age runestone.

The Törnby stone, Sweden's longest Viking Age runestone, stands on the left side of the entrance road to a farm in Törnby, a village in Skå parish and Ekerö commune in Uppland. It was moved in 1937, slightly farther away and out in the field by the side of the road, as historical records show. The stone is a tall and slightly slender slab of granite, 2.35 meters high, with 20 cm of it below the ground level. Its ornamentation follows the Urnes style, popular in the 10th century when the stone was raised. The inscription, on two sides, remembers Jörund, the father of three brothers: Ofeg, Sigmar, and Fröbjörn, who raised the stone in his honor. The stone's mother was Gunna.

Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons

Written by Nik Frost

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