Noleby Runestone, Proto-Norse runestone in Västergötland, Sweden

The Noleby Runestone is a granite stone bearing three lines of Proto-Norse text in Elder Futhark, cut between parallel bands; a fourth line was prepared but left unused. Much of the inscription is legible, though some runes are hard to read because of flaking and unusual carving. It is now held in the Swedish History Museum's stores in Tumba.

The stone was found in 1894 when a horse's tether snagged on it at Stora Noleby in Fyrunga parish, Västergötland. It is made of granite and was likely placed inside a grave. The Swedish National Heritage Board dates the inscription to 375–570 AD, while modern literary studies often cite the 600s.

The phrase runo raginakundo, 'runes of divine origin', is the earliest known expression of the idea that runes came from the gods; the same wording recurs on the later Sparlösa Runestone and in the eddic poem Hávamál. The last line names Hakoþuz, which Hugo Jungner read as a living avenger or an epithet given at carving.

The stone is held in the stores of the Swedish History Museum in Stockholm, not on public display, so check access arrangements before visiting. It was found in 1894 at Stora Noleby farm in Västergötland, where a horse caught its tether on the stone and pulled it loose. The granite block is large enough that it was probably once placed inside a grave.

The star-shaped rune ᛡ, which normally stood for /a/ or /h/, here marks the sound /j/ — a usage found on no other runestone in Scandinavia. The stone also preserves four carved lines of which only three carry text, and it was found in 1894 when a horse's tether snagged on it in a field at Stora Noleby.