Karlevi Runestone
If the Viking age something for you, there is many opportunities to find exactly what you want on the island of Öland. Karlevistenen is Sweden's most unique runestone, dated to the late 10th century with the oldest record of a stanza of skaldic verse. The boulder is 130 cm tall and consists of volcanic porphyry granite. Therefore, the stone is definitely not from the island, but most likely from the region Oskarshamn. Part of the inscription consists of a skaldic poetry in the metre Dróttkvætt, the most complicated Old Norse rhythmic structure. This text indicates, that a large Danish warrior, probably a chieftain, was buried at this place. (Karlevi, Öland Island, Sweden)
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