Talk:Simris Runestones

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Did you know... that the Simris Runestones (pictured) include one of the earliest Scandinavian sources that mention Sweden?

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Comment 1

An ordinary Wikipedia reader finishing this still wants to know

during a restoration of the church: 19th cent? 20th cent?
when were these published and where?
"the territory was Danish at the time" that they were made, yes? What made it Danish if the culture is Swedish?
Dr344, etc. This must refer to a catalogue system: What? where?
Can this be given a brief paragraph of historical setting, with links? --Wetman (talk) 20:09, 16 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- I don't know for sure, having only just come across this and have no background, but I'm guessing that Dr344 et al is from the Rundata system? DR seems to represent Denmark, which seems to match the information that the location was, at the time, Danish? The database seems to be downloadable, so maybe that will also answer some of your other questions? (The URL on the Rundat page seemed to be in what I presume is Swedish?) sjwk (talk) 20:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Scania was one of the Lands of Denmark since the formation of that country, and the inhabitants were as Danish as the people of Zealand, Funen and Jutland. This situation didn't change until the early 18th century. Naturally, the political allegiance of the region doesn't rule out the possibility that the stone might be the work of either a runemaster from Sweden or a runemaster influenced by a style used on the Swedish side of the border. The Danish and Swedish languages were extremely closely related at the time, and this would have applied even stronger in Scania, so perhaps the runemaster simply spoke a local accent that resembles Swedish? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.89.43.14 (talk) 22:05, 18 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The swedish translation that his lad is in svitlad and not in sweden which is the case in the english translation seam more likely as sweden didn't exist at the time of the stone. See the swedish wikipedia for reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.66.176.22 (talk) 12:54, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]