Runes in the Lom Stave Church

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Wanda Marcussen
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Runes left from the construction of Lom Stave Church. The church has been standing since the last half of the 12th century CE, and the runes spell out "I was here, all the way up in the corner”.

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Wanda Marcussen
Wanda Marcussen is a doctoral research fellow in environmental history at the University of Oslo. Her academic interest includes climate history, marine environmental history, and cultural heritage studies.

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Marcussen, W. (2020, September 19). Runes in the Lom Stave Church. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12785/runes-in-the-lom-stave-church/

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Marcussen, Wanda. "Runes in the Lom Stave Church." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 19, 2020. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/12785/runes-in-the-lom-stave-church/.

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