Tullstorp Runestone, Norse runestone at Tullstorp Church, Sweden.
The Tullstorp Runestone is a 1.7-metre granite stone with a rounded top, standing in the churchyard at Tullstorp. Its face is carved in Ringerike style: red-painted runic bands run along the left edge, across the top and down the right, framing a four-legged wolf with a curled tail and pointed snout above a ship whose curved hull is lined with small round beads.
The stone was built into the wall of an earlier church until 1846, when workers discovered it during that structure's demolition. Its creation dates to the Viking era, when such stones were raised to mark important events and people.
The central image pairs a ship with a wolf, probably the ship Naglfar and the wolf Fenrir from the Ragnarök myth. The wolf may also echo the name of the man commemorated, Ulfr, Old Norse for "wolf". Locally the stone is called Tullstorpstenen.
The runestone stands in the cemetery of Tullstorp Church, approximately 7 kilometers northeast of Klagstorp in Trelleborg Municipality. The site is accessible by local roads and can be explored on foot.
The wolf on the stone may be a pun on the dead man's name: the runic text says the monument was raised for Ulfr, and in Old Norse 'ulfr' means wolf. The ship beside it, with beak-heads at both ends, matches no known Viking vessel.
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