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Rune-stone Sm5, L1954:5001 in Hjortsberga parish, Alvesta municipality

Runic inscription

§A : kotr : sati : sten : þana : eftR : ketil : §B : sun : sin : han : faR : §C : mana : mesr o:niþikR : eR a : eklati : ali : tunþi

Inscription

§A : kotr : sati : sten : þana : eftR : ketil : §B : sun : sin : han : faR : §C : mana : mesr o:niþikR : eR a : eklati : ali : tunþi

Translation

§A Gautr placed this stone in memory of Ketill §B his son. He was §C the most unvillainous of men, who forfeited his life in England.

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Rune-stone Sm5, L1954:5001 in Hjortsberga parish, Alvesta municipality

Facts

Monument number L1954:5001
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Hjortsberga 35:1
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Fine-grained reddish gneiss
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Kronoberg
Municipality Alvesta
Parish Hjortsberga
Coordinates 56.9406535, 14.5000595
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.