Runic rock inscription Granbyhällen, U337, L2015:262 in Orkesta parish, Vallentuna municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

+ hemik + uk + sialfi + uk + iohan + þeiR + lata hakua + eftR + faþur sin + finuiþ + uk + uarkas × uk × rahnfriþ + uk moþur sina + uk + at + ikikerþi + uk + at + kalf + uk + kiarþar + u- ...-at + (h)an ati ' ein × alt fyrst × þat × uaru × freantr þeia + koþ : hialbi + ant þaira + uiseti + risti × runa þisa

Inscription

Translation

Hemingr and Sjalfi and Jóhan, they have cut (the stone) in memory of their father Finnviðr and Vargas(?)/Varghôss(?) and Ragnfríðr and their mother, and in memory of Ingigerðr and in memory of Kalfr and Gerðarr and ... He alone owned all at first. These were their kinsmen. May God help their spirits. Véseti carved these runes.

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Runic rock inscription Granbyhällen, U337, L2015:262 in Orkesta parish, Vallentuna municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L2015:262
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Orkesta 44:1
Carver	Visäte (S)
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Unknown
County	Stockholm
Municipality	Vallentuna
Parish	Orkesta
Coordinates	59.594722, 18.099553

Sources

Most of the factual information in Runkartan comes from the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Fornsök data and from the Scandinavian Runic Text Database. The maps come from OpenStreetMap and Leaflet.js. The photographs were taken by the credited photographers.