Åsmund Kåresson

Åsmund Kåresson

Åsmund Kåresson was a runemaster who flourished during the first half of the 11th century in Uppland, Sweden. The early Urnes style is represented in his art.Fuglesang, S.H. "Swedish runestones of the eleventh century: ornament and dating", Runeninschriften als Quellen interdisziplinärer Forschung (K.Düwel ed.). Göttingen 1998, pp. 197-218. p. 197]

About 20 runestones are signed by him and an additional 30 stones can be attributed to him. The ornamentation is characterized by variation with firmness and security in the composition. Åsmund is the inventor of the classic Uppland runestone style with one or two animals ("rundjur") showing their heads in profile.

It has been suggested that Åsmund was identical with the English clergyman Osmundus who became bishop at the court of king Emund the Old, but the reasons for this identification are not deemed sufficient.

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*The article "Åsmund" in "Nationalencyklopedin" (1996).


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