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Rune-stone Kålstastenen, U668, L1943:7875 in Häggeby parish, Håbo municipality

Runic inscription

' sterkar · auk ' hioruarþr ' letu · reisa · þensa · stein at ' faþur sin keir(a) ' sum ' uestr ' sat ' i þikaliþi · kuþ hialbi salu

Inscription

' sterkar · auk ' hioruarþr ' letu · reisa · þensa · stein at ' faþur sin keir(a) ' sum ' uestr ' sat ' i þikaliþi · kuþ hialbi salu

Translation

Styrkárr and Hjôrvarðr had this stone raised in memory of their father Geiri, who sat in the Assembly's retinue in the west. May God help (his) soul.

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Rune-stone Kålstastenen, U668, L1943:7875 in Häggeby parish, Håbo municipality

Facts

Monument number L1943:7875
Swedish National Heritage Board ID Häggeby 72:1
Carver Visäte (S)(P) och Ofeg (S)(P); (Öpir 1 (S)(P))
Status Confirmed on location
Place Visible above ground
Material Dark mica-rich gneiss
Antiquarian assessment Ancient monument
Damage status Unknown
County Uppsala
Municipality Håbo
Parish Häggeby
Coordinates 59.6477945, 17.544945
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.