Rune-stone U971, L1941:4327 in Vaksala parish, Uppsala municipality

Photo: Olle Paulsson

Runic inscription

§P : kunbiur : lit risa : stin : iftiR faþur -... ... : miti : kuþ : hulbin hins : krin... ...arþi uþ(r)ki §Q (-)unbiur : lit risa : stin : iftiR : faþur (:) [s]... ...[þ] : miti : kuþ : hulbin (h)ins : krin ... ...arþi uþu(r)ki (:)

Inscription

Translation

§P Gunnbjôrn had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May gentle(?) God help ... §Q Gunnbjôrn(?)/Unnbjôrn(?)/Gunn-Bjúr(?)/Unn-Bjúr(?) had the stone raised in memory of his father ... May excellent God help. Hein’s(?) Grein(?), he(?) made the ford construction.

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Rune-stone U971, L1941:4327 in Vaksala parish, Uppsala municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1941:4327
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Vaksala 126:1
Carver	(Öpir 1 (A)) [ej Öpir: kristen bön, Åhlén 1997] [felaktigt, tryckfel i SRI]
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	Vaksala
Coordinates	59.8855565, 17.68666

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.