Burestenen
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| Name: | Burestenen |
| Rundata ID: | M 1 |
| Country: | Sweden |
| Region: | Medelpad |
| City/Village: | Nolby |
| Produced: | 11th century |
| Runemaster: | Fartägn |
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| Old Norse: Bergsveinn ok Sigfastr ok Fridhi reistu stein thenna eptir Buri/Byri, fodhur sinn. En Farthegn markadhi. | |
| Text - English: | |
| Bergsven and Sigfast and Fride raised this stone in memory of Bure, their father. Fartägn carved it. | |
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| Rune stones - Runic alphabet | |
Burestenen (English: Bure's Stone), M 1, is a runestone in the Swedish province of Medelpad. In addition to its runic inscription, it has some crosses marking the Christianization of 12th century Medelpad. The Old Norse text on the stone states:
Bergsven and Sigfast and Fride raised this stone in memory of Bure, their father. Fartägn carved it.
Burestenen is located in the Kvissle-Nolby-Prästbolet region near the Ljungan's outlet into the Gulf of Bothnia, south of Sundsvall. The area has a unique concentration of historic and prehistoric artifacts. Burestenen lies beside the ruins of a manor chapel from the Early Middle Ages. Also in the vicinity is a collection of Viking Age graves and twelve large tumuli from the Swedish Migration Period, of which one is Norrland's largest.
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- (Swedish) Medelpads runstenar
