The Kirkjubøur stone (FR 1) is a

runestone A runestone is typically a raised stone with a runic alphabet, runic inscription, but the term can also be applied to inscriptions on boulders and on bedrock. The tradition of erecting runestones as a memorial to dead men began in the 4th centur ...

found in the Saint Olav's church in

Kirkjubøur Kirkjubøur () is the southernmost village on Streymoy, Faroe Islands. The village is located on the south-west coast of Streymoy and has a view towards the islands of Hestur and Koltur towards the west, and to Sandoy towards the south. It lies ...

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ) (alt. the Faroes) are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a populat ...

. It was discovered in 1832 and is dated to the

Viking Age The Viking Age (about ) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest, and trading throughout Europe and reached North America. The Viking Age applies not only to their ...

. Some state that it more specifically dates to the 9th century (probably about 865AD) and others that it dates from year 1000 CE. Today it is housed at the

National Museum of the Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands National Museum (, Danish language, Danish: ''Færøernes Nationalmuseum'') is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn. The exhibition at Brekkutún 6 The Faroe Islands National Museum has exhibitions i ...

(''Føroya Fornminnissavn'') in Tórshavn together with other Faroese runestones.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkjubour stone Runestones on the Faroe Islands

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