Day 2 - Sigtuna

U Fv1992;157 - Arlanda

Jun 6, 2021

Arlanda, Uppsala, Sweden

A large runestone found when a road was constructed near the Arlanda airport to the north of Stockholm in the year 1990.

It now stands inside Terminal 2 for domestic flights at the airport. When it was found, two pieces were missing, but a later archaeological excavation found them and the runestone was mended.

Inscription

x kunar : auk biurn : auk x durkrimr x ra-... ...-tain : dina ' at durst... x brudur sin : is uas austr : taudr ' m... ...ari x auk x kard... ...u disi

Transliteration

x kunar : auk biurn : auk x þurkrimr x ra-… …tain : þina · at þurst… x bruþur sin : is uas austr : tauþr · m… …ari x auk x karþ… …u þisi

Old norse transcription

Gunnarr ok Bjǫrn ok Þorgrímr re[istu s]tein þenna at Þorst[ein] bróður sinn, er var austr dauðr m[eð Ingv]ari, ok gerð[u br]ú þessa.

Translation

“Gunnar and Bjôrn and Torgrim raised this stone in memory of Torsten, their brother, who was dead in the east with Ingvar, and made this bridge”

Location

U Fv1992;157 map

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