# Wahlgren 1958: The Kensington Stone: A Mystery Solved

> Erik Wahlgren, 1958. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The standard scholarly case for a modern origin.

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# The Kensington Stone: A Mystery Solved

Erik Wahlgren, 1958. _University of Wisconsin Press, Madison_.

A Scandinavianist's study of the inscription, the find and the local community, concluding that the stone is a nineteenth-century creation.

**Kensington Runestone** Bookdoi: **[10.2307/1902968](https://doi.org/10.2307/1902968)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The standard scholarly case for a modern origin.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[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)

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[Erik Wahlgren publishes The Kensington Stone, A Mystery Solved](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/events/EVT0CT1HSW23HCR/erik-wahlgren-publishes-the-kensington-stone-a-mystery)

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[Erik Wahlgren](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/people/FIG0CT1HQDY79DX/erik-wahlgren)

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

The mystery article

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[If the inscription is modern, who carved it?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HVJR0DZJ/if-the-inscription-is-modern-who-carved-it)

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[When was the inscription carved?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HTVA12MW/when-was-the-inscription-carved)

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## Cite it

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Wahlgren, E. (1958). The Kensington Stone: A Mystery Solved. University of Wisconsin Press, Madison. https://doi.org/10.2307/1902968
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[Read it free at archive.org](https://archive.org/details/kensingtonstonem00wahl)

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