Rune-stone U940, L1941:2452 in Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

§P · ihul · a(u)(k) · þurkiR · litu · rita · stain · iftiR · kitilfastr · faþur · sin · hialbi · sal kilauh hont riþ · runaR · ubiR §Q kilauh hont · ihul · a(u)(k) · þurkiR · litu · rita · stain · iftiR · kitilfastr · faþur · sin · hialbi · sal riþ · runaR · ubiR

Inscription

Translation

§P Ígull and Þorgeirr had the stone erected in memory of Ketilfastr, their father. May (God) help (his) soul. Gillaug spirit(?)/Hônd(?). Œpir arranged the runes. §Q Gillaug, Hônd(?), Ígull and Þorgeirr had the stone erected in memory of Ketilfastr, their father. May (God) help (his) soul. Œpir arranged the runes.

Find the carving

Rune-stone U940, L1941:2452 in Uppsala parish, Uppsala municipality

Open in Google Maps | Open in Apple Maps

Facts

Monument number	L1941:2452
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Uppsala 1:2
Carver	Öpir 1 (S); Åsmund (A) [Stille 1999b:141f]
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Light granite
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Unknown
County	Uppsala
Municipality	Uppsala
Parish	Uppsala
Coordinates	59.857759, 17.631324

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.