Kirkjubøur stone

Kirkjubøur stone

Runefacts|name=Kirkjubøur stone
rundataid=FR 1
country=Faroe Islands
region=
city= Kirkjubøur
produced=Viking age
artist=
text_native= Old Norse: ... ... Vígulfi(?) unni róa.
text_english= ... ... may grant peace to Vígulf.
picture=

The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a runestone found in the Saint Olav's church in Kirkjubøur, Faroe Islands. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the Viking Age. Today it is housed at the Faroese National Museum ("Føroya Fornminnissavn") in Tórshavn together with other Faroese runestones.


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