Tängelgarda stone
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Lärbro
Lärbro is a locality situated in Gotland Municipality, Gotland County, Sweden with 521 inhabitants in 2005. It is located in the north app. 10 km away from Slite. There was a train connection from 1921 to 1960 with Visby, the main place of the island. The main sight of the place is the Lärbro...
parish, Gotland
Gotland
Gotland is a county, province, municipality and diocese of Sweden; it is Sweden's largest island and the largest island in the Baltic Sea. At 3,140 square kilometers in area, the region makes up less than one percent of Sweden's total land area...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
is decorated with a scene of warriors holding rings, one (possibly Odin
Odin
Odin is a major god in Norse mythology and the ruler of Asgard. Homologous with the Anglo-Saxon "Wōden" and the Old High German "Wotan", the name is descended from Proto-Germanic "*Wodanaz" or "*Wōđanaz"....
) horsed, with Valknut
Valknut
The Valknut is a symbol consisting of three interlocked triangles, and appears on various Germanic objects. A number of theories have been proposed for its significance....
symbols drawn beneath.
External links
- Photograph of Tängelgårda I - Historiska Museet (Swedish Museum of National AntiquitiesSwedish Museum of National AntiquitiesSwedish Museum of National Antiquities is a museum located in Stockholm, Sweden that covers Swedish cultural history and art from the Stone Age to the 16th century...
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