Gunvald from Salløv

Around 14km south of Hedehusene village is another village called Salløv. In the 1770s, farmers working in the fields between Salløv and nearby Snoldelev found a rune stone from the early Viking Age (7-800). Today the stone is on display at the National Museum with the inscription: – “Gunvald’s stone, the son of Roald, Thul at Salhøje”. Salhøje is the Viking name of Salløv. The word Thul is akin to Old Norse þulr that means orator, sage, skald. This Snoldelev Stone stood on a burial site, as archaeological excavations later demonstrated. This site included a rich woman’s grave from the early Viking Age period.