Sövestad Runestones

Sövestad 1, which is listed as DR 290 in the Rundata catalog, consists of a depiction of a man holding a cross on a pole.

Although located in Sweden, both of the Sövestad stones were given Danish Rundata designations because Scania was part of the historical Denmark.

The granite stone, which is 1.5 meters (4 ft 11 in) in height, was discovered with the inscription side down in a grove near a lake on the castle grounds in 1757.

[2] The runic text indicates that the stone was raised as a memorial to a man named Bramr by his wife Tonna and son Asgotr.

This description is consistent with generosity with food and feasting being a mark of power and renown in Viking Age Scandinavia.