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The Tjängvide image stone, listed in Rundata as Gotland Runic Inscription 110 or G 110, is a Viking Age image stone from Tjängvide (Swedish pronunciation: [ɕɛŋviːdɛ]), which is about three kilometers west of Ljugarn, Gotland, Sweden.

Description
The inscription on the Tjängvide stone is carved a flat slab of limestone which measures 1.7 metres in height, is 1.2 metres wide and 0.3 metres thick. The stone was discovered in 1844 on the farm of Tjängvide, and is located in the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm. The stone is probably pagan in origin as no trace of any Christian elements has been found on the inscription.

Imagery
The stone is decorated with several figures in an upper and a lower field, which are separated by a braided pattern that resembles valknuts. In the upper field, there is a large eight-footed horse and a small rider who is offered a drinking horn by a woman, and there are also some other figures, such as a quadruped animal and some less discernible images.

The rider on his horse is usually identified with Óðinn on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir, or a dead man who is arriving at Valhǫll on Óðinn's horse. The female figure is identified as a valkyrie. The images of the rider on the horse was used as the logo of the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities.