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Rune Stone at Södra Ving Church, Municipality of Ulricehamn, Sweden

 

 

Rune Stone at Södra Ving Church, Municipality of Ulricehamn, Sweden. Runsten vid Södra Vings kyrka i Västergötland.

     

 

     
  Rune Stone at Södra Ving (Vings) Church, Municipality of Ulricehamn
Södra Ving kyrka (church) is sometimes spelled Södra Vings kyrka. It lies nowadays in the municipality of Ulricehamn. Only the lower part of the rune stone remains. The drawing above was made in 1891 when it was laying at the mortuary.

The runes read:
 

 

   
 


KAFE SATI S . . . . . . . . . S

This means:  "Kafe satte sten . . . . (In English: Kafi raised the stone . . . .)".

Traces of runes can be seen on the other edge. Perhaps they are:
 

  
 

 
 


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