Gotland Runic Inscription 181

This Viking Age runestone, designated as G 181 in the Rundata catalog, was originally located at a church at Sanda, Gotland, Sweden, and is believed to depict the three Norse pagan gods Odin, Thor, and Freyr.

The runestone was discovered in the churchyard of Sanda church in 1863[1] and is currently located in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.

[2] They are depicted wearing typical Viking Age clothing, including a cloak known as a hekla and a tasseled conical cap called a skott-húfa.

Some authorities have cited the runestone as evidence that Odin, Thor, and Freyr formed a divine Norse triad or trinity.

[5] Other evidence for such a triad includes Adam of Bremen's description of the Temple at Uppsala as containing statues of these gods.