Neil Hopcroft

There are a number of runestones at Skansen.

Upplands 855“inki-… [a]uk : iuker [:] þau : litu : raisa * stain : þina : a[t] * ais[t *] sun * sin : ernfastr * auk * þaiR * (b)ryþr * raist[u] * at * bru… …”“Inge-… och Jogard de läto resa denna sten efter Est, sin son. Ärnfast och bröderna reste (den) efter […]

On the road to the Vik estate are a few rune stones.

Outside the church at Västeråker are a couple of rune stones. Then a few more across the countryside nearby. Upplands 847:“Åsger och Gislög lät resa denna sten efter sina två söner, Ådjärv och Slode. Åsmund högg rätta runor för den som skall tyda. Åsmund … ristade.” Upplands 846:“Jovurfast, …-fast, Vigunn, de lät [rista] dessa [runor] efter sin […]

Hidden in the walls of Dalby Church is a fragment of a rune stone.

Upplands 239: “Inga had the stones cut … … husbandman … …”Somehow I had missed this runestone over road from Upplands 236

Part of the Runriket“In Gällsta, there are three rune stones that mention four generations of the same clan. There is a fourth stone as well, but it has no inscription, only a cross. One of the stones has been signed by Öpir, one of the most common rune carvers of the later 11th century. On another stone, […]

Part of the Runriket…there are two runestones at Risbyle.“The two runic stones here at Risbyle were raised att the beginning of the 11th centure and they are among Upplands oldest. Here we meet the Skålhamra family, one of the powerful dynastics which lived in the district around lake Vallentuna during the Viking Age. The test on the […]

Part of the Runriket.“The two runic rock carvings south of the creek show that todays road coincides largely with the ancient route, which during the Iron Age ran to the west of the Vallentuna lake. At that time, the road went between these two runic carvings.100 metres northwards on the eastern side of the road, there […]

In the grounds of Gripsholms Slott are a pair of rune stones.Sö 179: “× tula : lit : raisa : stain : þinsa| |at : sun : sin : haralt : bruþur : inkuars : þaiR furu : trikila : fiari : at : kuli : auk : a:ustarla| |ar:ni : kafu : tuu : sunar:la : […]