Rønninge | Viking finds

In the porch of Rønninge Church is a runestone - the only preserved one from East Funen! The text on the stone reads: "Sote set this stone after his brother Elev, son of Asgot with the red shield", and the stone has had a bit of a tumultuous existence. When it was recorded in 1627, it sat in a stone bridge, but according to tradition was supposed to have been moved there from a mound. The stone then disappeared again, but appeared in 1853 when a house in Kerteminde was demolished. It was then used again as a foundation stone in another building, but later removed and placed in the old cemetery in Kerteminde. In the end it ended up in Rønninge Kirke, where you can see it today.