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Rune-stone Vaksalastenen, U961, L1941:4080 in Vaksala parish, Uppsala municipality

Rune-stone Vaksalastenen, U961, L1941:4080 in Vaksala parish, Uppsala municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

h(u)(l)-a + lit + raisa stain + þina at kitilbiarn ' faþur ' sin + auk runfriþ ' at ' bonta ' auk ihulfastr ' riþ ' in ' ubiR

Inscription

h(u)(l)-a + lit + raisa stain + þina at kitilbiarn ' faþur ' sin + auk runfriþ ' at ' bonta ' auk ihulfastr ' riþ ' in ' ubiR

Translation

Hylia(?) had this stone raised in memory of Ketilbjôrn, his father; and Rúnfríðr in memory of (her) husbandman, and Ígulfastr arranged (it), and Œpir.

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Rune-stone Vaksalastenen, U961, L1941:4080 in Vaksala parish, Uppsala municipality

Facts

Monument number L1941:4080
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Vaksala 108:1
Carver Öpir 1 (S); (Igulfast (S) ombesörjde) Öpir 1 (S)
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Light granite
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Unknown
County Uppsala
Municipality Uppsala
Parish Vaksala
Coordinates 59.878397, 17.682597
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.