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"Ever since 1898, when Olof Ohman, a Swedish immigrant working his fields in what is now Douglas County, MN, found the 202-lb., mysteriously engraved stone tangled in the roots of an uprooted tree, controversy has raged over the artifact's authenticity. The stone, dated 1362, soon proved how difficult the search for the truth can be—and raised eyebrows over the possibility that North European explorers predated Columbus in America." -- Nielson and Wolter

"8 göter ok 22 norrmen paa opthagelse farth fro winlanth of west Wi hathe läger weth 2 skylar en thags norder fro theno sten wi war ok fiske en thag äptir wi kom hem fan X man rothe af bloth og ded AVM frälse af illum." -- Old Swedish

 

"8 Geats (South Swedes) and 22 Norwegians on acquisition venture from Vinland far to the west We had traps by 2 shelters one day's travel to the north from this stone We were fishing one day. After we came home found 10 men red with blood and dead AVM (Ave Maria) Deliver from evils!" -- Kensington Runestone

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• Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla – why we've got the Vikings wrong -- BBCCulture (23 February 2022)
  
  
• Why Vikings weren't who we thought they were -- BBCReel (08 November 2021)
  
  
• Science Times: You Can Run From Archaeology, but You Can’t Hide -- The New York Times (07 May 2021)
  
  
• VIKING WATERWAY -- Summary of Article by Karl Hoenke & Myron Paine [Ancient Emigrations To America](n.d.)
  
  
• Swedish runestones open gateway to ancient Viking civilization -- CNNtravel (26 November 2020)
  
  
• Spells, threats, and dragons: The secret messages of Viking runestones -- Jesse Byock (20 February 2020)
  
  
• Viking runestone may allude to extreme winter, study says -- The Guardian (08 January 2020)
  
  
• Crystal Skulls & Ape-Man Bones: 6 Archaeological Forgeries That Tried to Change History -- LiveScience (24 August 2015)
  
  
• Rune Stone Rediscovered after 300 Years -- Past Horizons (03 May 2013)
  
  

• Evidence said to prove Rune Stone authentic -- Isanti County News
  
  
• Kensington, Minnesota -- city-data.com
  
  
• The City of Kensington
  
  
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• The Kensington Runestone: Compelling New Evidence -- Richard Nielsen and Scott F. Wolter
  
  
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• The Kensington Runestone -- J. Huston McCulloch
  
  
  • Photos:
    
    
    • Whole stone
    • Detail of writing
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• The Kensington Runestone -- MPR
  
  
• The Kensington Rune Stone -- William Bakken
  
  
• Kensington Runestone Home Page -- Bill Hoyt

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• A Stone Says More Than a Thousand Runes -- EurekAlert (27 May 2010)
  
  
• New stone carvings may provide evidence of past Viking visits -- Winona Daily News
  
  
• The riddle of the Kensington Runestone -- Historiska museet
  
  
• Runes, Alphabet of Mystery: North American Rune Stones -- Ingrid Halvorsen
  
  
• Runestone debate shifts to Sweden -- MPR
  
  
• The Runestone Museum, Alexandria, Minnesota
  
  
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• Rune Stone Rediscovered after 300 Years -- Past Horizons (03 May 2013)
  
  
• The Story of the Kensington Runestone -- The Center for Small Towns
  
  
• Vikings
  
  
• Vikings in the New World: Minnesota -- William Bakken
  
  
• WHY KENSINGTON RUNESTONE IS AUTHENTIC -- Yuri Kuchinsky
  
  
• Write Your Name in Runes -- NOVA Online > The Vikings >