- Frösön
Frösön [fɾøːsøːn] , or [fɾøːsœʏːa] (in the local dialect,
Jamtlandic ,Frey 's island) is a small island in the lakeStorsjön located west of the cityÖstersund inJämtland . For ages this island was the regional centre of Jämtland.Frösön is the location of "Frösöstenen", the northernmost rune stone in the world, dating from 1030-1050 A.D. [ [http://www.qsl.net/sm5rih/runestone.html The runestone on the island Frösön] ] Frösön was a separate "
köping " until 1974 but was merged with Östersund at that time.The island is named after
Freyr , the Norse God offecundity andlove .The Swedish composer
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger had a summer house (and from 1930 a permanent home) on the island [ [http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/800.htm Wilhelm Peterson-Berger biography at Naxos] (retrieved Sep 11 2007)] . In 1896 Peterson-Berger composed a set of piano pieces entitled "Frösöblomster" ("Flowers of Frösön"), and his opera "Arnljot " from 1910 is partly based on the runic inscriptions on Frösö Runestone.Gallery
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