Kensington rune stone is a slab inscribed with early Germanic characters called runes. Olaf Ohman, a Swedish-born American farmer, claimed he found the stone on his farm near Kensington, Minnesota, in 1898. The stone’s inscription is dated 1362. It tells of a group of Swedish and Norwegian Vikings who set out on an expedition from an area of eastern North America called Vinland. The language has some features that are more modern than typical language of the 1300’s. Ohman owned a book about runes, and many experts believe he forged the stone. Others believe it is real. They argue that the message could only have been written by someone with great knowledge of the Norse language of the 1300’s. See also Rune ; Vinland .
