Did Vikings Visit Minnesota in the 1800s? | Flyover Culture

What if the Minnesota Vikings were real? Ok, I know football is real, but like…the real vikings. Not like that either. Historical vikings.
In the late 19th Century, a runestone was discovered in Minnesota that would have placed Norse adventurers way deeper in North America than previously thought. But is it all a well-orchestrated hoax? We’re breaking it down on today’s Flyover Culture.
And please don’t tell the Minnesota Vikings about the “real” thing, ok? They’re very strong.
Sources:
"Midwestern Strange" by B.J. Hollars - www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/neb...
The Runestone Museum - runestonemuseum.org/runestone/
The Kensington Runestone: Minnesota’s most brilliant and durable hoax? - www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/202...
The Vikings: A Memorable Visit to America - www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
Music - Universal Production Music
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[@alberthartl8885]

I have a hypothesis that the rune stone was a joke perpetrated by Giacomo Beltrami. He was known to be in western Minnesota in the 1820's. It just so happens that he was an educated linguist.

[@Battleray]

How did my family get from Norway to Minnesota

[@Garthritis]

on the wings of a dragon

[@jeanjohnson5331]

You want to explain to me how my family got from Iceland to North Dakota then?

[@TuckFinn831]

On a boat many years after the 14th century?

[@stevecarlson6462]

Ave Maria? Did Vikings say that?

[@kenolson6572]

In the 1300's they might have.

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

Yes, the Norse were converted to Christianity around AD 1000. The Church was Catholic and Latin... so they definitely would have used that expression.

[@peaceandlove544]

Carbon 14 test?

[@raysearch-iu3fr]

You really ought to have mentioned the FIFTEEN viking longships that have been unearthed by archaeologists in Minnesota. Don't ya think that just might tip the scales against any so-called hoax?!!!

[@ordyhorizonrivieredunord712]

Could you send a link to your sources? 🍁

[@swampfizz]

the vikings came to MN in 1960..purple boats

[@kenolson6572]

Since they are from the same stock that went all the way through Russia to Constantinople, yes, they well could have.

[@drdem00]

LOL !! Not 1800's more like, 1300's ... LOL !!

[@TuckFinn831]

I think he was going from the point of discovery; as to analyze the theory of it being a forgery from that moment.

[@joesphbest3120]

WAS NOT A HOAX

[@biggbals4375]

The language written on the stone was 19th century swedish. So idk

[@asdf3568]

@@biggbals4375 Nope, not true. Runes that were first thought to be incorrect were also later found on other runestones that had not been discovered at that time. Not to mention the physical evidence that is pretty overwhelming.

[@longforgotten4823]

Half of the words and on what document do you put the year on these things lol are written in German dialect. Linguistics, geologists, historians, Archaeologists, and stone architects have all debunked this stupid myth.

[@germanicgems]

@@asdf3568 I speak Swedish fluently and have studied the language and its history for several years, reading medieval manuscripts and inspecting runic inscriptions. The stone is written in an informal 1800s peasant dialect (the formal Swedish of the 1930s was more archaic than the language of the "1300s" Kensington runestone), mixed with English. As an Example I take the sentence *vi kom hem fan 10 man röde af blod og ded* "we came home and found 10 men read of blood and dead", *ded* is clearly an English loanword here, as the Swedish word död "dead" has rhymed with röd "red" in every stage of the language and dialect that we know of. Secondly, as I said, writing vi kom "we came" or vi fan "we found", was considered informal slang even into the 1930s, and even in the 1600s absolutely nobody spoke like that, let alone the 1300s when the language was much more conservative. The runes are also carved in way that is not seen on any actual runic inscription, clearly done by someone without much experience with runes other than on paper, and the numeral system it uses is completely unique. Actual runic inscriptions that contain numerals either use the Latin numerals, or spell them out (as in: twenty-three, five-hundred-and-forty etc).

[@Smokin_Phat_Dabs]

@@germanicgems Psst, hey, you. You doofus. Come over here. We're gonna let you in on a little secret. Its not Viking whatsoever, its really Templar. Wanna know how I know?