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With naysayers questioning its authenticity, citing the fabricated inscription and timeline discrepancies, and supporters turning to historical evidence such as possible 14th-century Scandinavian expeditions to North America, the Kensington Runestone has divided many and has remained a source of debate among historians, experts, linguists ...
The Setting of the Runestone. The small settlement of Kensington is situated in the west-central part of Minnesota, some 23 miles from Alexandria, which is the largest local town. Minnesota, like several other north-central states of the United States, has a predominantly immigrant population largely of Scandinavian and northern Germanic ancestry.
Sep 14, 2020 · Count Kensington’s Ralph Gunderson among this last group. Gunderson, grew up in Kensington, graduated from Kensington High School, and enlisted in the Army before spending 40 years in the Twin Cities. When he returned to Kensington, in 1996, he became fascinated with the town’s claim to fame, the Rune Stone.
Jan 3, 2023 · 3 January 2023. The Kensington Runestone is a controversial stone slab found in 19th century Minnesota. To some, it is a vital piece of US history; a first hand account of Vikings travelling deep into North America over a century before Christopher Columbus ‘discovered’ the New World. To others it is a hoax.
Data base of over 6000 Scandinavian runic inscriptions, sponsored by Uppsala U. It's all in Swedish, so you're on your own. Session of the Joint Midwest Archaeological and Plains Anthropological Conference on "The Kensington Runestone Reexamined," St. Paul, MN, 11/10/00.
Oct 19, 2016 · Kensington Runestone. For those who are not familiar with it, this is a greywacke sandstone stele that weighs 200 pounds. It was found by the Swedish immigrant farmer, Olof Ohman, while he was clearing his land in the township of Solem, Minnesota, in September of 1898.
