The Vikings Begin … with runes
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Education
Start date
2019-09-27 18:30:00
End date
2019-09-27 20:00:00
Address / City
2600 Park Avenue Minneapolis
Location
MN, US
The world of runes is one of wonders. Runic inscriptions are the only original sources from the Viking world. On runestones we meet the messages of the Vikings themselves, and this lecture will focus on particularly fascinating runic items from all over the world.
Presented by Henrik Williams, a specialist in Old Norse languages and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Sweden’s Uppsala University. As a philologist, he studies languages in written historical sources, essentially combining literary criticism, history and linguistics. A 40-year Minnesota Vikings football fan since his year here as an exchange student, in 2016 Williams advised the team on the authenticity and meaning of its symbols in order to debunk disinformation on Nordic myths and Viking symbols.
Cost: $10 ASI members / $15 non-members
Presented by Henrik Williams, a specialist in Old Norse languages and a professor of Scandinavian languages at Sweden’s Uppsala University. As a philologist, he studies languages in written historical sources, essentially combining literary criticism, history and linguistics. A 40-year Minnesota Vikings football fan since his year here as an exchange student, in 2016 Williams advised the team on the authenticity and meaning of its symbols in order to debunk disinformation on Nordic myths and Viking symbols.
Cost: $10 ASI members / $15 non-members
Organizer
American Swedish Institute
Phone
612.871.4907
Email
emilyk@asimn.org
