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Rune-stone Hovgårdsstenen eller Håkansstenen, U11, L2017:1363 in Adelsö parish, Ekerö municipality

Rune-stone Hovgårdsstenen eller Håkansstenen, U11, L2017:1363 in Adelsö parish, Ekerö municipality
Photo: Roland Filzwieser

Runic inscription

raþ| |þu : runaR : ret : lit : rista : toliR : bry[t]i : i roþ : kunuki : toliR : a(u)k : gyla : litu : ris... ...- : þaun : hion : eftiR ...k : merki srni... haku(n) · (b)aþ : rista

Inscription

raþ| |þu : runaR : ret : lit : rista : toliR : bry[t]i : i roþ : kunuki : toliR : a(u)k : gyla : litu : ris... ...- : þaun : hion : eftiR ...k : merki srni... haku(n) · (b)aþ : rista

Translation

Interpret the runes! Tólir the steward of Roðr had them rightly carved for the King. Tólir and Gylla had [the runes] carved ... this married couple as a landmark in memory of themselves(?) ... Hákon ordered (it) be carved.

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Rune-stone Hovgårdsstenen eller Håkansstenen, U11, L2017:1363 in Adelsö parish, Ekerö municipality

Facts

Monument number L2017:1363
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Adelsö 46:1
Carver Olev (A); Torgöt Fotsarve (A)
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Gray granite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Damage
County Stockholm
Municipality Ekerö
Parish Adelsö
Coordinates 59.3601435, 17.5340045
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.