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A Swedish immigrant, [3] Olof Ohman, said that he found the stone late in 1898 while clearing land which he had recently acquired of trees and stumps before plowing. [4] The stone was said to be near the crest of a small knoll rising above the wetlands, lying face down and tangled in the root system of a stunted poplar tree estimated to be from less than 10 to about 40 years old. [5]
Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (born Storm, 27 August 1953), better known as Peter Stormare (Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr ˈstɔ̂rːmarɛ] ⓘ), is a Swedish actor. He played Hamlet for Ingmar Bergman , [ 1 ] Gaear Grimsrud in the film Fargo (1996) and John Abruzzi in the television series Prison Break (2005–2017).
He has also composed the original score for two seasons of the Science Channel documentary series Secrets of the Viking Stone, [citation needed] directed by Peter Stormare. In addition to his work in film and TV, Åström has written and performed experimental music for the Butoh dancer and choreographer Frauke.
The Vikings held silver in high regard, so the find has significant historical value. Archaeologists Thought They Found Wires Buried on a Farm. It Was Actually Viking Treasure.
The Viking runestones are runestones that mention Scandinavians who participated in Viking expeditions. This article treats the runestone that refer to people who took part in voyages abroad, in western Europe, and stones that mention men who were Viking warriors and/or died while travelling in the West.
Archaeologists in Sweden have discovered a mysterious Viking Age burial ground with graves shaped like stone ships.. As many as 139 of these graves have been found so far at the site near Varberg ...
This stone is one of the Serkland Runestones and it is located at Strängnäs Cathedral. It is in style Pr2. One theory proposed by Braun connects this stone to the runestones U 513, U 540, and Sö 179, and it holds Ingvar the Far-Travelled to be the son of the Swedish king Emund the Old. [31]
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