# Colavito 2022: New evidence points to a 19th century origin for Kensington Runestone alphabet > Jason Colavito, 2022. 10 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The only account of Källström's 2022 finding reached in this session. Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HM8C07C9/new-evidence-points-to-a-19th-century-origin-for-kensington Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Sources](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources)[Kensington Runestone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone)Colavito 2022 **0** # New evidence points to a 19th century origin for Kensington Runestone alphabet Jason Colavito, 2022. _jasoncolavito.com (blog)_. Blog post of 17 December 2022 summarising and translating Magnus Källström's report of 11 December 2022 on the 1876 Ström textbook, its two runic alphabets and the link to the Larsson brothers' runes. **Kensington Runestone** Web pageChecked against the original0 ## What it's used for here The only account of Källström's 2022 finding reached in this session. ## Cited by on this site 10 records [The forms come from the rune row in Eric Ström's 1876 textbook as transmitted among Swedish rune writers.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/answers/ANS0CT1HYGG73XY/the-forms-come-from-the-rune-row-in-eric-stroms-1876) Answer ANS [Edward Larsson's rune row of 1885](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/artifacts/ART0CT1J4VM31QH/edward-larssons-rune-row-of-1885) ART [Eric Ström's 1876 textbook with two runic alphabets](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/artifacts/ART0CT1J4C0653W/eric-stroms-1876-textbook-with-two-runic-alphabets) ART [A contemporary review of the 1876 textbook describes strange letters and number signs that match the…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HYRA1PZC/a-contemporary-review-of-the-1876-textbook-describes-strange) Evidence EVD [The Kensington runes belong to a younger variant of an 1876 rune row than the one still used in 1885.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HX9E4ZV0/the-kensington-runes-belong-to-a-younger-variant-of-an-1876) Evidence EVD [The stone's runes and pentadic numerals match an alphabet printed in Sweden in 1876.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/evidence/EVD0CT1HWJ000T2/the-stones-runes-and-pentadic-numerals-match-an-alphabet) Evidence EVD [Magnus Källström links the runes to an 1876 Swedish rune row](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/events/EVT0CT1HTBP7BQY/magnus-kallstrom-links-the-runes-to-an-1876-swedish-rune-row) EVT [Magnus Källström](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/people/FIG0CT1HR5C774T/magnus-kallstrom) FIG [The Kensington Runestone](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone) The mystery article MYS [Where do the Kensington rune forms and numerals come from?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/kensington-runestone/questions/QST0CT1HV342PKD/where-do-the-kensington-rune-forms-and-numerals-come-from) Question QST ## Cite it ``` Colavito, J. (2022). New evidence points to a 19th century origin for Kensington Runestone alphabet. jasoncolavito.com (blog). https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/new-evidence-points-to-a-19th-century-origin-for-kensington-runestone-alphabet ``` [Read it free at jasoncolavito.com](https://www.jasoncolavito.com/blog/new-evidence-points-to-a-19th-century-origin-for-kensington-runestone-alphabet) Key **SRC** 0CT1HM8C07C9 Kind Web page Rights The publisher's Kept 29 Oct 2026, for editors Checked Against the published original Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Bibliographic records are CC0. Take this one as CSL-JSON, BibTeX or RIS. [CSL-JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CT1HM8C07C9/new-evidence-points-to-a-19th-century-origin-for-kensington/csl.json)