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(Alexandria, MN) On Tuesday, January 19th the regular time slot dedicated to the executive Director of the Runestone Museum, Amanda Seim, was opened up to to men committed to clearing

Co-host of the television series "Secrets of the Viking Stone," Elroy Balgaard, will give a presentation on the Kensington Runestone on Saturday, April 29, 125 years after its discovery.

Glorious dreams and accusations of lies have swirled about the Kensington Runestone for more than a hundred years. In 1898, Olof Öhman, a Swedish immigrant in America, reported that he had found a grey slab of rock carved with runes in a field in Minnesota. It soon became known by the name of the nearby settlement of Kensington. And that’s about the only thing that’s clear about this rock. Was it, as the inscription on the rock suggests, left there by Vikings in 1362? Or was Öhman a liar?...

53:00 Monday, January 11, 2021 - Secrets of the Viking Stone is a new show on the Science Channel. Peter Stormare, known for his role in FARGO, and history enthusiast Elroy Balgaard set out to solve the mystery of the famed Kensington Runestone. We visit with Stormare. Biologist Chuck Lura talks about hills, mountains, and buttes in this week’s Natural North Dakota essay, Mountain Removal Project. Laurel Reuter is the executive director of the North Dakota Museum of Art. We check in with he...

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A piece of central Minnesota history allegedly tied back to the Vikings of the 1300s is going to be the center of attention on a new Science Channel show. The Kensington Runestone is a 202-pound stone tablet that was discovered by Olof Öhman, a Swedish immigrant in Solem Township in Douglas County. The stone was said to be unearthed when Olof was clearing a field in 1898 and is inscribed with a record left behind by Scandinavian explorers in the 14th century. The authenticity of the stone...

Kensington Runestone in Alexandria the Subject of a New TV Show A piece of central Minnesota history tied back to the Vikings of the 1300s is going to be the center of attention on a new Science Channel show. The Kensington Runestone is a 202-pound stone tablet that was discovered by Olof Öhman, a Swedish immigrant in Solem Township in Douglas County. The stone was allegedly unearthed when Olof was clearing a field in 1898, and is inscribed with a record left behind by Scandinavian explore...

Science Channels Secrets of the Viking Stone Set to Tackle the Mysterious Kensington Runestone ✖ While Christopher Columbus is often credited with the "discovery" of the Americas in 1492, a mysterious slab of stone that was discovered in the late 19th century has seen some history buffs question if Columbus was really the first one to arrive in the region from Europe, with the new TV series Secrets of the Viking Stone set to get to the bottom of the mystery. The series sees actor Peter Storm...

[12/22/20 - 12:57 PM] New Science Channel Series Spotlights the Kensington Runestone and Its Potential to Rewrite History in "Secrets of the Viking Stone" The series, featuring actor Peter Stormare and history enthusiast Elroy Balgaard, bows Sunday, January 3 on the cable channel. [via press release from Science Channel] NEW SCIENCE CHANNEL SERIES SPOTLIGHTS THE KENSINGTON RUNESTONE AND ITS POTENTIAL TO REWRITE HISTORY IN "SECRETS OF THE VIKING STONE" Were Norsemen the first Europeans to explor...