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

× ᚴᚢᚾᛅᚱ ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ ᛒᛁᚢᚱᚾ ᛬ ᛅᚢᚴ × ᚦᚢᚱᚴᚱᛁᛘᚱ × ᚱᛅ-… …ᛏᛅᛁᚾ ᛬ ᚦᛁᚾᛅ ᛫ ᛅᛏ ᚦᚢᚱᛋᛏ… × ᛒᚱᚢᚦᚢᚱ ᛋᛁᚾ ᛬ ᛁᛋ ᚢᛅᛋ ᛅᚢᛋᛏᚱ ᛬ ᛏᛅᚢᚦᚱ ᛫ ᛘ… …ᛅᚱᛁ × ᛅᚢᚴ × ᚴᛅᚱᚦ… …ᚢ ᚦᛁᛋᛁ

Latin transliteration

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

Map showing where the runestone U Fv1992;157 is

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