The Sparlösa Runestone , listed as Vg 119 in the Rundata catalog, is located in Västergötland and is the second most famous Swedish runestone after the Rök runestone .
10-422: The Sparlösa Runestone was discovered in 1669 in the southern wall of the church at Sparlösa, now part of Vara Municipality . Before their historical value was understood, many runestones were used as construction material for roads, walls, and bridges. Following a fire at the church in 1684, the runestone was split in rebuilding the wall. It was removed from the wall in 1937 and the two sections reunited. The stone
20-502: A goose fighting a snake. One side has a man and a cross band. One suggested interpretation is that the images on the stone are a memorial to Theodoric the Great , king of the Ostrogoths from 471 to 526 AD, with the building depicted on the stone a representation of his mausoleum . The other images, such as the crescent ship and the lion fighting the snake, can be interpreted as iconography of
30-400: Is 1.77 metres tall and it is dated to about 800 AD based upon its transitional use of rune forms from both the elder and younger futhark , but it has a probably younger line added to it saying Gisli made this memorial after Gunnar, his brother . The dating is based on the style of the images, such as a ship, which suggest the 8th century, like similar images from Gotland . However, a sail on
40-666: Is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden . Its seat is located in the town of Vara . The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 and 1982 the territory of present Essunga Municipality was also included. This is a demographic table based on Vara Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT 's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics. In total there were 16,140 residents, including 12,219 Swedish citizens of voting age. 38.2% voted for
50-402: Is unrelated to the runic text and in one interpretation predates it. One side has a building at the top that is over a crescent ship with a sail marked with a cross and with two birds, possibly peacocks , on its yardarms. At the bottom is a man on horseback hunting a stag and using a hunting leopard , which is not native to Sweden. The next side has an owl, with a head reminding of a lion's, and
60-654: The Arian Christian faith. a⁑iuls Æivisl kaf gaf, ⁓ airikis Æiriks sunʀ sunʀ, kaf gaf alrik- Alrik[ʀ] - ... a⁑iuls kaf ⁓ airikis sunʀ kaf alrik- - Æivisl gaf, {} Æiriks sunʀ, gaf Alrik[ʀ] ... Eyvísl(?), Eiríkr's son gave, Alríkr gave... ---t---la ... kaf gaf rau- <rau-> at at kialt(i) gialdi · …a [Þ]a(?) sa- sa[t] faþiʀ faðiʀ ubsal Upsal(?), faþiʀ faðiʀ suaþ svað a-a-u--ba Vara Municipality Vara Municipality ( Vara kommun )
70-760: The left coalition and 61.0% for the right coalition. Indicators are in percentage points except population totals and income. Statistiska Centralbyr%C3%A5n Statistics Sweden ( Swedish : Statistiska centralbyrån [staˈtɪ̌sːtɪska sɛnˈtrɑ̂ːlˌbyːrɔn] ; SCB , lit. ' Central Bureau of Statistics ' ) is the Swedish government agency operating under the Ministry of Finance and responsible for producing official statistics for decision-making, debate and research. The agency's responsibilities include: National statistics in Sweden date back to 1686 when
80-609: The parishes of the Church of Sweden were ordered to start keeping records on the population. SCB's predecessor, the Tabellverket ("office for tabulation"), was set up in 1749, and the current name was adopted in 1858. Statistics Sweden produces statistics in several different subject areas: As of 2015 , the agency had approximately 1,350 employees. The offices of the agency are located in Stockholm and Örebro . Statistics Sweden publishes
90-683: The semi-legendary Swedish Yngling dynasty at Uppsala. Moreover, the mention of a great battle is suggestive of the equally semi-legendary Swedish-Geatish wars that are mentioned in Beowulf . The words runaʀ ræginkundu meaning "runes of divine origin" are also in the runic text on the Noleby Runestone and would appear in stanza 79 of the Hávamál of the Poetic Edda several centuries later. The runestone has imagery on four of its sides that apparently
100-526: The ship suggests a later dating than the 8th century. The runestone is famous for its depictions and its tantalizing and mysterious references to a great battle, the names Eric and Alrik , the father who resided in Uppsala and the text descending from the gods . The stone provides an early attestation of the place name Uppsala , and the two personal names Eric ("complete ruler") and Alrik ("everyone's ruler") are both royal names, known to have been worn by
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