Rune-stone Sm16, L1953:8253 in Östra Torsås parish, Växjö municipality

Photo: Janna Lindblom

Runic inscription

§A rostein · auk · eilifR · aki : auk · hakun : reisþu · þeiR · sueinaR · eftiR sin · ¶ faþur · kubl ¶ keni·likt · §B ftiR · kala · tauþan : þy : mun · ko... ... -m kitit · uerþa · meþ · sin · lifiR · auk · stafiR · run

Inscription

Translation

§A Hróðsteinn and Eilífr (and) Áki and Hákon, these lads raised the remarkable monument in memory of their father, §B in memory of Kali/Kalli the deceased. So the good man will be commemorated while the stone and the rune-staves live.

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Rune-stone Sm16, L1953:8253 in Östra Torsås parish, Växjö municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1953:8253
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Östra Torsås 28:1
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Very dense gneissgranite with visibly graniteic elements
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Unknown
County	Kronoberg
Municipality	Växjö
Parish	Östra Torsås
Coordinates	56.7720055, 14.8710385

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.