Frösön

Frösön [fɾøːsøːn] , or [fɾøːsœʏːa] (in the local dialect, Jamtlandic, Frey's island) is a small island in the lake Storsjön located west of the city Östersund in Jämtland. 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 of fecundity and love.

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.

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