U 685

Also known as: L 66

Lost?
No
Object
runestone
Material
stone, coarse (gneissic) granite
Dating
Viking age
Found

Location

Found location
Sanda
Parish
Skoklosters sn
District
Håbo hd
Municipality
Håbo
Original site
No

Classification

Carver
Same carver as U 686.
Number of crosses
1
Cross form
D1; E3; F3
Rune type
Style
Pr 2

Coordinations

Oldest known latitude and longitude
59.708048, 17.561003

Texts

Normalisation (Old Norse)

"Ólafr ok "Arnmundr létu reisa stein þenna eptir "Geirmund, fôður sinn.

Normalisation (Scandinavian)

"OlafR ok "Armundr letu ræisa stæin þenna æftiR "GæiRmund, faður sinn.

Transliteration

· u[lafR · a]uk · ar(m)untr · litu · raisa · stain · þi[na · aftiR · kaiRmunt · faþur sin]

Translation (English)

Ólafr and Arnmundr had this stone raised in memory of Geirmundr, their father.

Translation (Swedish)

Olov och Armund lät resa denna sten efter Germund, sin fader.

References

Images

  • Image of U 685 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/6e39148f-5fe8-4691-894f-46bed93df2f1
  • Image of U 685 source: https://pub.raa.se/visa/dokumentation/821b3cbb-2834-48ce-8762-3108a2114394