Frösö Runestone
Frösöstenen is the northernmost raised runestone in Sweden and Jämtland's only runestone. It originally stood at the tip of ferry terminal on the sound between the island of Frösön and Östersund.- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: runestone
- Also known as: “Froesoestenen”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hornsbergskyrkan and Jamtli.
Jamtli
Museum
Jamtli is the name of the regional open air museum of Jämtland and Härjedalen in Östersund, Sweden. It consists of an open-air museum with historical buildings, and an indoor museum with both permanent and temporary exhibitions. Jamtli is situated 1 km northeast of Frösö Runestone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hornsberg and Östersund.
Östersund
Frösö Runestone
- Categories: Norse runestone, runic inscription, tourism, runestone, and historic site
- Location: Frösö socken, Frösö, Östersund municipality, Jämtland County, Norrland, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
63.1834° or 63° 11′ 0″ north
Longitude
14.61866° or 14° 37′ 7″ east
Elevation
294 metres (965 feet)
Open location code
9FMP5JM9+9F
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=rune_stone
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Swedish—“Frösö Runestone” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Frösöngo erruna-harria”
- Chinese: “弗勒瑟卢恩石刻”
- Chinese: “福洛色如尼石刻”
- Danish: “Frösöstenen”
- German: “Frösöstein”
- German: “Runenstein von Frösön”
- Japanese: “Frösöのルーン石碑”
- Japanese: “フレースエーのルーン石碑”
- Polish: “Kamień runiczny z Frösö”
- Portuguese: “Pedra de Frösö”
- Spanish: “J RS1928;66”
- Spanish: “Piedra de Frösö”
- Spanish: “Piedra rúnica de Frösö”
- Swedish: “Frösö runsten”
- Swedish: “Frösöstenen”
- Swedish: “J RS1928;66”
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Explore places such as Frösön and Framnäs.
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