Hi

It is I, Kalle Runristare, (Kalle the runecarver) who created this website: www.runstenar.se 

Why?
Short answer:
Because I can and want to and it is needed.

A longer answer would be:
This type of website is needed as a supplement to the research that for 400 years has rather one-sidedly focused on the inscriptions on the runestones when the artwork can also tell almost as much.

How?
With the right interests for the assignment and with good friends who either have the same or complimentary interests.

One of the most important was Roger Wikell, a skilled archaeologist and almost magical inventor and close friend for over 30 years. His sudden death in 2019 was not only a great loss to friends and family but also to our shared history and research.

Without Roger, this website would not have been possible. 

Financing?
So far only of my own time and finances.
If someone asks if I need financial help in the future to continue my research on runestones and runecarvers, the answer is: - Yes!

Continuation
I want and will continue to build on this website mainly during the winter months. I hope and believe that it will lead to increased interest and knowledge, that lost runestones will be found again and that new finds will come.

I look forward to exciting updates :-)

The website can of course also be expanded with more municipalities that want a complete solution for their own runestones.

/ Kalle

Links

www.runstensparken.se
My workplace and exhibition with depicted
runestones in natural size. There is also
a flea market and a kiosk here.

www.hovgarden.com
World Heritage Birka and Hovgården
Visitor information and suggestions.
Boat to Birka from Adelsö.

www.runristare.se
Me as a modern runecarver:
- My Gallery >
and much more...