Rök Runestone

The Rök Runestone is a runestone. It has an inscription of about 760 runes, which is the longest known runic inscription in stone. It is on display at the church of Rök, a small village in the south of Sweden. It is considered the first piece of written Swedish literature and marks the beginning of the history of Swedish literature.^[1]^[2]

Rök Runestone Media

A reading of the Rök stone's text in Old East Norse.
The front of the stone. The beginning of the inscription is read by tilting your head to the left
The back of the stone. Note the Elder futhark runes at the bottom.
Reading directions for the 28 rows of text
The stone is housed under a roof and is located near the church in which it was discovered.
The Theodoric strophe is written in three rows in the stone with a version of the younger futhark.
Archeologist Hans Hildebrand sitting by the runestone (19th century)

References

↑ Gustafson, Alrik, Svenska litteraturens historia, 2 volums (Stockholm, 1963). First published as A History of Swedish Literature (American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1961). Chapter 1.
↑ Forntid och medeltid, Lönnroth, in Lönnroth, Göransson, Delblanc, Den svenska litteraturen, vol 1.

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[Gustafson1-1] Gustafson, Alrik, Svenska litteraturens historia, 2 volums (Stockholm, 1963). First published as A History of Swedish Literature (American-Scandinavian Foundation, 1961). Chapter 1.

[2] Forntid och medeltid, Lönnroth, in Lönnroth, Göransson, Delblanc, Den svenska litteraturen, vol 1.

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