Der Alte Schwede or Alter Schwede (meaning (The) Old Swede in German) is a glacial erratic in Germany.
The rock has a circumference of 19.7 m, a height of 4.5 m and weighs 217 tons. During the Elster maximum glaciation of the ice age 400 000 years ago, it was carried from SmÃÂ¥land to the site where it was found. It was found during dredging of the river Elbe near Hamburg in 1999, at a depth of 15 m. In June 2000, it was given its current name. It is Germany's oldest glacial erratic.