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Rock carving located in Södermanland, Sweden with inscription from the 1000s A.D. of the younger futhark:

ᚠᚢᚦᚬᚱᚴ   ᚼᚿᛁᛅᛋ   ᛏᛒᛉᛚᛣ
× fuþąrk × hnias × tbmlʀ ×

The runes is carved directly on the surface of a steep mountain wall and is located on the former property of the now-disapered village of ‘Berga’. Rune stones was often carved in memorial of a fallen family member, but also in memory of a road, a bridge building or after seafaring Vikings.

The inscription of what is left of the runes through all these years of eroding decipher the following:
ku… —kuna × li…u × hakua × stain × thina × auk × buru × th…a × — …sinn
“… (and) Gunna had this stone carved and (made) this bridge …”

This particular rock carving is telling us that right in this place it once was a bridge. A couple of meters from the petroglyph there is a creek and some stones that probably are remnants of the bridge described in the runes. Judging by the style of the carving, the runes is most certainly done by Halvdan, who was the carver of many rune stones in Sweden. Our ancestors carved and raised the stones for us – take you time to visit them and honor your forefathers 🌲