The Museum at Sønderskov

In the museum's entrance hall, there’s a rune stone from the Malt district. It is Denmark’s most remarkable rune stone. The stone wasn’t found until 1987, standing on a hillside just north of Kongeå River.  The text is long and complicated, with a Norwegian flavour to the language and rite incantations: “Thus always ... (the Futhark alphabet) Who is ... the Æsirs, who is. Vifred made ... in memory of ... father. Kolfinn/Guldfinn hid runes of gladness and runes of eternity ... who ... Billing(?) ... Tule/Tole…”  We know the Futhark incantation from other stones. Every time a runologist interprets the text, a new theory is put forward. Evidence suggests it’s a deliberately infuriating riddle for passers-by.