Stora Köpingestenen
is a runestone in the cemetery by the aisle southeast of Stora Köpinge church with a view over fields. 'Vrest and Näck and Kruse raised this stone after Apa (el Ebbe), their comrade, good fighter.'

August 10, 2022
A beautiful summer day. Drive to Åberg's garden outside Ystad to buy winter savory. Take the opportunity to eat lunch outside in the café. Nearby is Stora Köpinge, at whose church there is a granite rune stone. Parks the car in the church parking lot. The aisle runs south of the church, the runestone in stands in the churchyard by the aisle southeast of the church with a view over fields. The stone has been moved several times, the original location is unknown. In the 17th century, the stone was used as steps at the entrance to the cemetery. According to the book Scanian runestones, the text is:

"Vrest and Näck and Kruse raised this stone after Apa (el Ebbe), their comrade, good fighter."

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GPS: WGS84 decimal (lat, lon) 55.470616, 13.947699