Rune-stone Forshedastenen, Sm52, L1974:7714 in Forsheda parish, Värnamo municipality

Runic inscription

: rhulf : auk : oskihl : riþu : stin : þo[nsi] : etiR : lifstin : fuþur : sin : es : uarþ : tuþr :: o : skonu : (n) : karþ:stokum : auk : furþu : o :: finhiþi [:]

Inscription

: rhulf : auk : oskihl : riþu : stin : þo[nsi] : etiR : lifstin : fuþur : sin : es : uarþ : tuþr :: o : skonu : (n) : karþ:stokum : auk : furþu : o :: finhiþi [:]

Translation

Hrólfr and Áskell raised this stone in memory of Hlífsteinn, their father, who died in Skáney in Garðstangir and (they) brought (him) to Finnheiðr.

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Rune-stone Forshedastenen, Sm52, L1974:7714 in Forsheda parish, Värnamo municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1974:7714
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Forsheda 30:1
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Gneiss
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Damage
County	Jönköping
Municipality	Värnamo
Parish	Forsheda
Coordinates	57.1661875, 13.8051755

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.