Frösö Runestone


Frösöstenen is the northernmost raised runestone in Scandinavia and Jämtland's only runestone. It originally stood at the tip of ferry terminal on the sound between the island of Frösön and Östersund.
On it is inscribed:
The following Old Norse person and place names appear in the inscription:Austmaðr - An Old West Norse speaking man from Mainland Scandinavia. Similarly, Vestmaðr was an Old West Norse-speaking Briton.Guðfastr Jamtaland Ásbjörn Trjónn - Steinn
The stone is also unique in that it was done in memory of Austmaðr's Christianization of Jämtland and bridge building, rather than as a cenotaph. The stone dates to between 1030 and 1050. It has now been relocated to the lawn in front of the local county seat due to the construction of a new bridge, from 1969 to 1971, on the original site.