Neil Hopcroft

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 […]

Sö285 “Végautr and … raised the stone in memory of … … their sons.”

Not far from Vallentuna there is another rune stone by the roadside.

Vallentuna church is home to a number of rune stones, some have modern interpretations. There are a number of runestones in the churchyard here, though a couple of them are not in the traditional style. Unfortunately I didn’t notice the B-side of this stone, nor could I get inside the church because there was a service in progress and […]

Next to the Jarlabankes causeway there are a number of modern interpretations of the inscriptions found on some of the Jarlabankes runestones. More information. “Ingefast had this stone raised and the bridge built for Jarlabanke. His father Joruns son. Kättilö had the stone raised for her husband. Öpir engraved”The dragon weaves across Jarlabankes memorial stone bearing runes about […]

Not far from Broby Bro are the Jarlabanke Runestones, marking the causeway crossing the marsh.

Hiding in the corner of the gravefield are another three rune stones, as well as those by the roadside.

This first looks a lot like other rocks in the ground in this area, but I stopped to take a closer look because of the little information board by it – even standing next to it it wasn’t obvious it was actually a carved stone. These last two are U139 & U140 (though I don’t know which […]