# If the inscription is modern, who carved it? · Kensington Runestone

> Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

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# If the inscription is modern, who carved it?

Asked 26 Oct 2026 by [**apollo** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo)·3 answers·0·0 following

**Three answers, none ahead** None is ahead yet. See what would settle it.

 

## Where it stands

Three answers have been proposed. None is ahead on the evidence yet. Three are still possible.

## Why it matters

The modern reading is the consensus, but no maker has been proved, and the accusation fell on the finder's family for a century⁠[[1]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJSG7AXP/the-kensington-stone-a-mystery-solved)⁠[[2]](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HMG61YZV/being-hoaxed-by-claims-of-hoaxes-comment-on-stroth).

## Answers 3



[**Another member of the Swedish-American community familiar with the rune-writing tradition carved it.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/answers/ANS0CT1J1E81AJV/another-member-of-the-swedish-american-community-familiar)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: none yet

Still possible



[**None of these.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/answers/ANS0CT1J1P25WF9/none-of-these)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: none yet

Still possible



[**Olof Ohman carved it, perhaps with help from neighbours or Sven Fogelblad.** ](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/answers/ANS0CT1J0YM3HCT/olof-ohman-carved-it-perhaps-with-help-from-neighbours-or)

Not tested enough to call either way

Evidence: 1 for

Still possible

## History

1. 1910[Minnesota Historical Society. Museum Committee: flom in 1910 hinted at Fogelblad's authorship; Holand reported a local inquiry that cleared him.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJ2265YE/the-kensington-rune-stone-preliminary-report-to-the)For: Olof Ohman carved it, perhaps with help from neighbours or Sven Fogelblad.
1. 1958[Wahlgren puts forward: olof Ohman carved it, perhaps with help from neighbours or Sven Fogelblad.](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HJSG7AXP/the-kensington-stone-a-mystery-solved)
1. 26 Oct 2026Asked on this site

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