Kulisteinen

It was then suggested that the word translated "been" (vært) above should be read as um rétt, and that this could mean that Christianity had "supplied law and order" for twelve years.

[1] It was first suggested by Nils Halan that the inscription refers to a national event, the establishment of the law that formally made Christianity the religion of Norway at the Moster Thing in either 1022 or 1024 by King Olaf Haraldsson.

One other Viking Age runestone refers to Norway, the larger Jelling Stone DR 42, which was raised by King Harald Bluetooth of Denmark and uses the name Norveg.

)……¶ tualfTolf· uintrvetr· ha(f)(þ)ihafði: (k)r(i)(s)(t)(i)(n)·(t)umrkristindómr: (u)iri(t)verit· (i)ín(u)rikiNóregi……þurir : auk : hal(u)arþr : rai(s)(t)(u) · stain : þins(i) · aft u(l)f(l)iu(t) … ¶ tualf · uintr · ha(f)(þ)i : (k)r(i)(s)(t)(i)(n)·(t)umr : (u)iri(t) · (i) n(u)riki …Þórir {} ok {} Hallvarðr {} reistu {} stein {} þenna {} ept Ulfljót(?)

… {} Tolf {} vetr {} hafði {} kristindómr {} verit {} í Nóregi …Þórir and Hallvarðr raised this stone in memory of Ulfljótr(?)