U 679

Also known as: L 59

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, blue-grey granite
Found

Texts

Transliteration

...þ... (l)itu · raisa · stain · þino · eftiR · iþin · faþur · sin ·

Normalisation (Old Norse)

... létu reisa stein þenna eptir Heðin, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

... letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR Heðin, faður sinn.

Translation (English)

... had this stone raised in memory of Heðinn, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

… lät resa denna sten efter Heden, sin fader.

Location

Found location
Skoklosters kyrka
Parish
Skoklosters sn
District
Håbo hd
Municipality
Håbo
Province and country
Uppland, Sweden
Original site
No
Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.704730, 17.624081

Classification

Carver
—
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
A1; B2; C1; D1; E9; F3
Rune type
—
Style
Pr 2
Dating
Viking age

References

Images

  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/69b32c77-7d31-4b17-a992-c55b66adfbe1
  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/3d9dfa43-211d-472b-8762-6831255a994a
  • Image of U 679 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/c16fb7a7-b7aa-49e7-bccc-853920b8710c
  • Image of U 679 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Marianne58; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Runsten_U_679.JPG
  • Image of U 679 Wikimedia Commons; artist: Koyos; license: Public domain source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skokloster-Church-Rune-Stone-U679.jpg