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Rune-stone Vilundastenarna, U293, L2017:4667 in Hammarby parish, Upplands Väsby municipality

Rune-stone Vilundastenarna, U293, L2017:4667 in Hammarby parish, Upplands Väsby municipality
Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

' forkuþr × auk ' þurir × lata ' reisa ' steina ' þisa ' eftR ' faþur sn ' ketil ' koþ hi-lbi + ant ' hns '

Inscription

' forkuþr × auk ' þurir × lata ' reisa ' steina ' þisa ' eftR ' faþur sn ' ketil ' koþ hi-lbi + ant ' hns '

Translation

Forkunnr and Þórir have raised these stones in memory of their father Ketill. May God help his spirit.

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Rune-stone Vilundastenarna, U293, L2017:4667 in Hammarby parish, Upplands Väsby municipality

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Facts

Monument number L2017:4667
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Hammarby 3:1
Carver Visäte (A)
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Gneissgranite
Period Viking age
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Undamaged
County Stockholm
Municipality Upplands Väsby
Parish Hammarby
Coordinates 59.513783, 17.905267
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.