Vang stone

Vang stone

Runefacts|name=Vang stone
rundataid=N 84
country=Norway
region=Oppland
city=Vang
produced=11th century
artist=Gása
text_native=Old Norse : Gása synir reistu stein þenna eptir Gunnar, bróðurson.
text_english=Gasi's sons raised this stone in memory of Gunnarr, (their) nephew.
picture=|

The Vang stone (N 84) is a runestone from the early 11th century in Vang, Oppland county, Norway. This stone was originally located outside a stave church at Vang. The stave church was dismantled and moved to Krummhübel, Germany in 1844, and the stone moved to its current location, outside the church in Vang.

The runic inscriptions reveals that it is a memorial stone. The inscription reads:

:"Gása synir reistu stein þenna eptir Gunnar, bróðurson"

Which translates as:

:"Gåse's sons erected this stone in memory of Gunnar, their brother's son"

The stone is made of an irregular slab of slate. It is 2.15m tall, up to 1.25m wide and 8-13cm thick. The artwork on the front of the stone is in Ringerike style, and depicts ribbons, leaves and a lion. Although thought to be a part of a stone portal, this idea is generally not supported.


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