Rune-stone U654, L1941:9412 in Övergran parish, Håbo municipality

Photo: Niklas Vackerdag

Runic inscription

+ a--itr : auk · ka(r) auk : kiti : auk : -[l]isi : auk · tiarfr : ris[t]u : stain : þena : aftir : kunlaif : foþur sin ¶ is u[a]s nus(t)(r) · m[i](þ) ikuari : tribin kuþ : hialbi : o(t) þaira ¶ al-ikr| |raistik · runar ¶ is kuni + ual · knari stura

Inscription

Translation

Andvéttr and Kárr and <kiti> and Blesi and Djarfr raised this stone in memory of Gunnleifr, their father, who was killed in the east with Ingvarr. May God help their spirits. Alríkr(?), I carved the runes. He could steer a cargo-ship well.

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Rune-stone U654, L1941:9412 in Övergran parish, Håbo municipality

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Facts

Monument number	L1941:9412
Swedish National Heritage Board ID	Övergran 116:1
Carver	Troligen Alrik (S), eventuellt Äskil 2 (S), knappast Erik (S)
Status	Confirmed on location
Place	Visible above ground
Material	Grainy and brindled gneiss
Period	Viking age
Antiquarian assessment	Ancient monument
Damage status	Unknown
County	Uppsala
Municipality	Håbo
Parish	Övergran
Coordinates	59.629433333333, 17.500188333333

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.