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Björketorp Runestone

runestone

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ1568440 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Björketorp Runestone (DR 360 U) in Blekinge, Sweden.

It is one of the world's tallest runestones measuring 4.2 metres in height.

Inscription

The runes were made in the 6th or the 7th century and in Proto-Norse (a similar message is given on the Stentoften Runestone). It is found on two sides. The shorter message appears to say "I foresee perdition" or "prediction of perdition". The message of the other side is also debated.

Swedish: "Mäktiga runors hemlighet dolde jag här, kraftfulla runor. Den som bryter detta minnesmärke skall ständigt plågas av arghet. Svekfull död ska träffa honom. Jag spår fördärv".

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current 101-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Björketorp, Runestone and runestone can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Björketorp Runestone” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.