# Flom 1910: The Kensington Rune-Stone: A Modern Inscription from Douglas County, Minnesota

> George T. Flom, 1910. 5 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The first full scholarly case against authenticity.

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# The Kensington Rune-Stone: A Modern Inscription from Douglas County, Minnesota

George T. Flom, 1910. _Illinois State Historical Society (Publication of the Illinois State Historical Library 15)_.

An address of May 1910 setting out linguistic and runological arguments that the inscription is modern, with a hint that Sven Fogelblad wrote it.

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## What it's used for here

The first full scholarly case against authenticity.

## Cited by on this site 5 records

[The inscription was carved in Minnesota between about 1885 and 1898.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/answers/ANS0CT1HX1M2PGN/the-inscription-was-carved-in-minnesota-between-about-1885)

Answer

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[Linguists from 1910 onward found the language modern.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HWST3RVQ/linguists-from-1910-onward-found-the-language-modern)

Evidence

EVD

[George Flom argues to the Illinois State Historical Society that the inscription is modern](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/events/EVT0CT1HSM85NJ2/george-flom-argues-to-the-illinois-state-historical-society)

EVT

[George T. Flom](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/people/FIG0CT1HQ6451DV/george-t-flom)

FIG

[The Kensington Runestone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Flom, G. T. (1910). The Kensington Rune-Stone: A Modern Inscription from Douglas County, Minnesota. Illinois State Historical Society (Publication of the Illinois State Historical Library 15). https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00flom
```

[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonrunest00flom)

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**SRC** 0CT1HJ9W5C9J

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Report

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public-domain

Kept

27 Oct 2026

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Against the published original

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