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Rune-stone U256, L2017:6944 in Fresta parish, Upplands Väsby municipality

Rune-stone U256, L2017:6944 in Fresta parish, Upplands Väsby municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

× inkialtr × auk × heminkr × litu × raisa × staina × eftir · ulf × faþur × sin ×

Inscription

× inkialtr × auk × heminkr × litu × raisa × staina × eftir · ulf × faþur × sin ×

Translation

Ingjaldr and Hemingr had the stones raised in memory of Ulfr, their father.

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Rune-stone U256, L2017:6944 in Fresta parish, Upplands Väsby municipality

Facts

Monument number L2017:6944
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Fresta 1:10
Carver Fot 2 (A)
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Granite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Undamaged
County Stockholm
Municipality Upplands Väsby
Parish Fresta
Coordinates 59.517803, 17.957117
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.