# Affidavits of Olof Ohman and his neighbours on the finding of the stone

> The sworn accounts of the find under the roots of a tree, by Ohman and the neighbours present at or just after it, including Nils Flaaten. They are the…

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# Affidavits of Olof Ohman and his neighbours on the finding of the stone

Document102 pagesPublic domainPrinted in the Society's 1910 report

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The sworn accounts of the find under the roots of a tree, by Ohman and the neighbours present at or just after it, including Nils Flaaten. They are the only first-hand record of how the stone came out of the ground.

Minnesota Historical Society, 1910. Public domain

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**Transcription** Minnesota Historical Society · archive.org · 1910 · Public domain (published 1910; Internet Archive marks it not in copyright)Primary source: [The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJ2265YE/the-kensington-rune-stone-preliminary-report-to-the)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00minn)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/5df3b613dd1d531b3ec6959ad0fa1166d9b867a87458f63a928e080474709011)

## Where it was made

[Ohman farm, Solem township, near Kensington, Minnesota](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CT1HNQ82GN8/ohman-farm-solem-township-near-kensington-minnesota) · Farm (find site)

## Sources 1

- [The Kensington Rune Stone: Preliminary report to the Minnesota Historical Society by its Museum Committee](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJ2265YE/the-kensington-rune-stone-preliminary-report-to-the)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Affidavits of Olof Ohman and his neighbours on the finding of the stone [Artifact ART0CT1J3WC2A5Z]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CT1J3WC2A5Z
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