Väsestenen, also called Rörstenen, is a runestone with the signum Vr 2. It stands today just south of the old E18, a couple of miles east of Karlstad in Väse socken, Värmland. The stone was found in 1864 about fifty meters further south of its current location.
The stone is made of reddish granite and stands 145 cm tall. It was erected at the end of the Viking age. Its discovery site suggests that the stone once stood along the same old road route as the Järsbergsstenen near Kristinehamn. That road, known as the Letstigen, is one of the oldest known roads and served as a connection between the Mälar provinces and Vestfold since the 600s.
The brief text indicates that there was at least one other rune-engraved stone where the rest of the text used to be. The transliterated inscription of the stone reads 'uibiurn · bruþur · sin'. This is normalized to 'Vibiorn, broður sinn' and translates to 'Vebjörn, broder sin'.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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