At the beginning of the Viking age (800 AD) the majority of the people were pagans who believed in the Nordic gods and made appropriate sacrifices to please them. The dragon in the lower part of the stone represents this period. As the time moved on Christianity became more and more influential in the Scandinavian countries. By year 1000 most of the kings had Christianized the counties and most of the people had accepted this transition even though the majority of the people still kept most of their pagan traditions. The cross at the top of the stone represents the change into Christianity. The runic inscription on the dragons body is a typical example of what they usually wrote on the stones at this time. It tells us that the reason why they erected the stone is to remember a deceased family member. A free translation of the text is: “Rodvisl and Rodälv had these stones erected after their three sons. This one after Rodfos. He was betrayed by Valaks* on his voyage. May God help Rodfos soul. God deceive them who betray him.”

*Valaks were the inhabitants by the Black Sea in what is Rumania today.