Rune-stone U854, L1944:6344 in Balingsta parish, Uppsala municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

§P · h(u)lmfriþ ' lit ' [k]-(a)ra ' baþi · bro · ak · rita · stain : eftiR · bota ' sin ' iorl ' ak ' suni ' sina ' sehkurþ · ak · sihu-... ... ...har · merkis'kiarþ ' uani : ak ' harþtstain : ak · þorbiorn ' ak| ' |kunuiþr §Q · h(u)lmfriþ ' lit ' [k]-(a)ra ' baþi · bro · ak · rita · stain : eftiR · bota ' sin ' iorl ' ak ' suni ' sina ' sehkurþ · ak · sihu-... ... ...har · merkis'kiarþ ' uani : ak ' harþtstain : ak · þorbiorn ' ak ' unuiþr

Inscription

Translation

§P Holmfríðr had both the bridge made and the stone erected in memory of her husbandman Jarl and her sons Sigurðr and Sig-... ... making of the landmark Vani(?) and Harðsteinn and Þorbjôrn and Gunnviðr. §Q Holmfríðr had both the bridge made and the stone erected in memory of her husbandman Jarl and her sons Sigurðr and Sig-... ... making of the landmark Vani(?) and Harðsteinn and Þorbjôrn and Unnviðr(?).

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Rune-stone U854, L1944:6344 in Balingsta parish, Uppsala municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1944:6344
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Balingsta 2:1
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Blue-gray granite
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Damage
County	Uppsala
Municipality	Uppsala
Parish	Balingsta
Coordinates	59.763453, 17.422463

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.