Stora Levene () is a locality situated in

Vara Municipality Vara Municipality (''Vara kommun'') is a municipality in Västra Götaland County in western Sweden. Its seat is located in the town of Vara. The present municipality consists of 25 original local government entities (as of 1863). Between 1974 ...

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with 761 inhabitants in 2010. According to a regnal list appended to the Westrogothic law, two Swedish kings in the 11th century, Håkan the Red and

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, came from Levene. The church, in the church village on the outskirts of the modern village, is from the 13th century, and holds the grave of the 17th century '' landshövding''

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. During a renovation in 1927, a runestone was found built into the church wall. Known as ''Levenstenen'' ('the Levene stone'), it is Sweden's tallest runestone.

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Populated places in Västra Götaland County Populated places in Vara Municipality {{VästraGötaland-geo-stub