Examination of Kensington Runestone in museum at Alexandria Minnesota, 1-26-01.
Jane Weston and Barry Hanson.
Original on Hi8 Video taped by CWBailey.
Approaching the Kensington Runestone replica, Alexandria Minnesota
Jackson pretends he's a VIKING while approaching the Kensington Runestone in Alexandria, Minnesota. The real one is just down the road, but the enormous one with spotlights is clearly more fun.
Messages in Stone: Runic Carvings in North America and Oklahoma | Mark Kinders | TEDxUCO
Oklahoma hosts one of the largest concentrations of carved Runic artifacts in North America. More than 6,000 Runes are found worldwide, and present a history of Scandinavian life and exploration in the Medieval Age. This TedX lecture explores scholarly efforts to determine the authenticity of North American and Oklahoman stones, and popular television entertainment programs and corporate efforts to capitalize on a different story line.
Mark Kinders is the Vice President of Public Affairs at UCO. In a private pursuit, he is the vice president of the American Association for Runic Studies. AARS investigates North American runes in affiliation with Uppsala University in Sweden, and the Swedish Council of America, and partners with the Smithsonian Institution and other universities. Kinders holds a master’s in history (University of Wisconsin-River Falls) and a doctorate in higher education (University of Arkansas).
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at
1362 ~ The Kensington Runestone ~ Minnesota Mystery
In 1898 a farmer in Kensington MN found an artifact that now proves Scandanavians were in Minnesota in 1362. The Runestone now rests at the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, MN. Columbus discovered America in 1492, LOL.
Norse Literautre | The Kensington Runestone
The Kensington Runestone is slab of greywache stone that was discovered in Kensington, Minnesota by Olof Ohman in 1898. The stone slab bears a runic inscription that recounts the events that befell a party of Scandinavian explorers who came to North America during the 14th century - with the events dated to 1362. This artifact now rests in the Runestone Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota.
The Kennsington Runestone's authenticity has been debated since its discovery. Most historians have come to the conclusion that this artifact is a 19th century hoax. Several of the runes are transcribed in a format that wasn't the standard during the medieval period and the language of the inscription is similar to Modern Swedish, not Old Swedish. There is also limited archaeological and documented evidence that indicates that the Vikings could have traveled or establish colonies deep into the New World.
However, there are many laypersons and scholars who still think that the Kensington Runestone is an authentic artifact and proves that the Vikings explored the New World beyond their settlement of Vinland in Newfoundland, Canada.
Works Cited:
Music:
Avgevin - Kevin MacLeod
Viking Myths of Minnesota's Kensington Rune Stone
Viking Myths of Minnesota's Kensington Rune Stone: And What They Reveal about the (Mis)Shaping of Identity in the Face of the Religious and Racial Other
Presented by David M. Krueger, Ph.D.
Quad 264
Saint John's University
October 4th, 2018
VIKINGS in America | Heavener Runestone Park
Discovering Scandanavian Runes in Oklahoma. Boondocking in a rural, desolate area.
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A Visit to the Kensington Runestone
Nadia Giordana and Lynn Garthwaite visit the Kensington Runestone and Fort Alexandria Museum in Alexandria, Minnesota. Did you know that although the stone was once thought to be a hoax, in recent years it has been deemed authentic?
kennsington runestone
A video logue of our day trip on June ninth, to Alexandria Minnesota to see the Kensington Runestone.
The Log of the Kensington Runestone Part 2
This show will introduce you to a discovery of a dictionary for Futhark runic and a set of grammar rules that will allow you to read the message on the Kensington rune stone. It has not been determined yet if this will prove to be the equivalent of the Rosetta stone for Futhark runic. Time will tell as people are able to work with the dictionary.
The Runestone Rockette's
Shirley Larson, Janice Shogren, Lee Helgenset, Irene Pratt, Jackie Schulz, Arlyn Davis, Florence Byrne, Mary Robertson, Denise Gayken, Priscilla Nicko
Mysterious Kensington stone Minnesota. Unsolved mystery or did the Vikings get here first?
Knocking off my 50 state bucket list by driving the American highways. Minnesota is off my list. This ancient stone would say that the Vikings were on North American long before Columbus.
Heavener Runestone Park in Oklahoma
This historic artifact has been long debated in Oklahoma. Is it real or is it a hoax? It's worth investigating and seeing in person. The park itself is beautiful as well as peaceful and it allows you to say what if!
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Submitted by Brady Christenson - Alexandria
This is a video of my dad, a die-hard vikings fan, catching and throwing a football in front of the iconic Kensington Runestone in Alexandria, MN.
Scott Wolter Kensington Rune Stone
Thanks to Scott Wolter for his gracious acceptance of our invitation to speak and be filmed in Spring Grove, Minnesota (Minnesota's first Norwegian settlement). Thanks also to Jill Storlie, and Sons of Norway, Giants of the Earth Heritage Center, Spring Grove Cinema, and Kathrine Myrah (for filming this event). Produced by Dr. Johnathan Storlie and Logan Deschler.
Runestone Park - A Place to Discover
KENSINGTON, MN The Kensington Runestone - was it really left here by Vikings? Whether or not, it was really found here in rural Minnesota over a hundred years ago. Lakes Country Living travels to the actual site of discovery, today the largest and most scenic county park in Douglas County. Hear the story as told by Park Superintendent Al Lieffort. Then plan to come and visit this beautiful location on Minnesota's Glacial Ridge Scenic Byway. Whether to tour the original farmstead that stood here in 1898, or to enjoy a beautiful park with many distinct geological features... we think you'll be glad you did.
Winter Field Day - Runestone Radio Club #1
The Runestone Radio Club from Alexandria, Minnesota participated in the Annual Amateur Radio Winter Field Day held on January 29, 2011. The object of the operating event/contest is to help emergency preparedness. Ham radio stations were set up in the garage of WA0EBZ, Wayne Johanson of rural Osakis. Operators are KG0DX, Bill Klundt (left) and John Ross, W0JAR.
The Kensington Runestone ~ Red Ice Radio
The facts about one of the most important artifacts in American history. Found near present day Kensington, MN, it tells a tale of a 1362 journey into the heart of America by some mysterious Scandinavians. Scott Wolter on Red Ice Radio.
Full show :
Red Ice Radio - Scott Wolter - The Kensington Runestone, The Hooked X & Templars In America
Kensington Rune Stone, Kensington Minnesota
A brief pictorial to the book 'The Kensington Rune Stone' by authors Richard Nielson and Scott F. Wolter
Kensington Runestone Presentation at Moorhead State University
April 23d, 2001
Mark Strand Introductions.
LuAnn Patton, Barry Hanson, and Dr. Ricard Nielsen.