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The vast majority of runic inscriptions from the Viking period come from Sweden and date from the 11th century.

Many runestones in Scandinavia record the names of participants in Viking expeditions, such as the Kjula runestone which tells of extensive warfare in Western Europe and the Turinge Runestone which tells of a warband in Eastern Europe.

Other runestones mention men who died on Viking expeditions.

Among them are around 25 Ingvar runestones in the Mälardalen district of Sweden, erected to commemorate members of a disastrous expedition into present-day Russia in the early 11th century.

The runestones are important sources in the study of Norse society and early medieval Scandinavia, not only of the ' Viking ' segment of the population.