Neil Hopcroft

U337“+ hemik + uk + sialfi + uk + iohan + þeiR + lata hakua + eftR + faþur sin + finuiþ + uk + uarkas × uk × rahnfriþ + uk moþur sina + uk + at + ikikerþi + uk + at + kalf + uk + kiarþar + u- …-at + (h)an […]

Near the Markim gravefields there is a rune stone, U338.“þurstin × uk × ragnfriR × þu ristu × stin × þina × iftiR × biur[n] × i krnbu× bruþur × kalfs × anum × ua[at × uikmu – – R × ku]þ ihlbi × [o]ns × ot × uk × salu × bitr × þan × on karþ[i] […]

U779“Järand reste dessa stenar efter Jarl, sin son. Guo hjälpe hans ande”“Järand raised this stone after Jarl, his son. Who helped ???”

Not far from the Brandskogship are a number of other rock carvings showing various important things from their time – a lot of ships and herds of animals, along with a number of people.

The Brandskogskeppet (“fire forest ship”) is a carving of a ship in the forest at the edge of what was once a lake – the land has been rising for centuries and it is now by a lush valley.

There are a couple of rune stones by the church in Gamla Uppsala.

“Åsgöt lät resa stenen…(efter sin) make.”“This runic stone which dates to the 11th century was rediscovered during the middle of the 19th century and used then, broken in two parts, as stone stairs in the village of Egglunda located som 100 meters farther west. Only the lower part of the runic stone is preserved.”Upplands runinskrifter […]

The rune stone on Frösön is the most northerly rune stone discovered so far.

Having spent quite a lot of time wandering around Gamla Stan, I was surprised to discover a rune stone I’ve not noticed before.

Outside Ytterjärna kyrka is a rune stone. Sö345“A … …in × þinsa × at × kai(r)… … …-n * eR * e[n-a]þr × ut – × kr…”“B … …roþur × …”“C … … raisa : …”“A … [stæ]in þennsa at GæiR… … [Ha]nn eR æn[d]aðr ut [i] Gr[ikkium].”“B … [b]roður …”“C … [let] ræisa …”“… this stone […]