Frögärd i Ösby
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Who is Frögärd i Ösby?
Frögärd Ulvsdotter i Ösby, was a Swedish Viking age runemaster. She is the only historically confirmed female runemaster in Sweden.
She was the daughter of Ulv Allesson and the paternal granddaughter of Nils Allesson, a Viking in service of the fleet of Canute the Great, whose Vikings were sent home to Scandinavia in 1017. One runestone in Väsby, listed as runic inscription U 194 in the Rundata catalog, is attributed to her, and one stone which was placed beside Angarns church in Uppland, U 203, may be signed by her.
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