• All the stones have been found in modern-day Sweden, the majority in Uppland (18 runestones) and Södermanland (7 runestones). Most were inscribed in...
    95 KB (13,604 words) - 06:54, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vaksala Runestone
    inscription and was active in the late eleventh and early twelfth century in Uppland. The inscription is classified as being in runestone style Pr4, which is...
    6 KB (581 words) - 03:54, 26 February 2024
  • Sveriges första ledungståg? Runfilologi och konsten att läsa som det står. ISSN 0349-0416 An English Dictionary of Runic Inscriptions of the Younger Futhark...
    19 KB (2,907 words) - 15:31, 6 March 2024
  • Angående Bilderna på Balingsta-Stenen i Uppland" (PDF). Fornvännen. 78. Swedish National Heritage Board: 88–91. ISSN 1404-9430. Retrieved 2010-01-28. Media...
    4 KB (450 words) - 02:53, 22 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lingsberg Runestones
    Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden, which was part of the former province of Uppland. The two intact runestones were raised by members of the same family, and...
    11 KB (1,423 words) - 06:19, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Varangian runestones
    Runinskrifter (in Swedish). VI: Upplands Runinskrifter del 1. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 0562-8016. Larsson, Mats...
    102 KB (14,385 words) - 11:46, 2 September 2024
  • dialect (the Icelandic and Norwegian dialect). There are eight runestones in Uppland that mention voyages to England. Several of them were raised in memory...
    43 KB (6,477 words) - 22:01, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Böksta Runestone
    Angående Bilderna på Balingsta-Stenen i Uppland" (PDF). Fornvännen. 78. Swedish National Heritage Board: 88–91. ISSN 1404-9430. Retrieved 2010-01-28. Sten...
    6 KB (653 words) - 15:33, 6 March 2024
  • engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark, and two of them are found in Uppland and one or two in Södermanland. The memorials are probably raised in memory...
    20 KB (2,701 words) - 22:17, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uppland Runic Inscription 1011
    350-Årsminne" (PDF). Fornvännen. 47. Swedish National Heritage Board: 193–210. ISSN 1404-9430. Jesch, Judith (2001). Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: The...
    7 KB (679 words) - 23:40, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sigurd stones
    Runfynd" (PDF). Fornvännen. 54. Swedish National Heritage Board: 241–267. ISSN 1404-9430. Retrieved 10 August 2010. Liepe, Lena (1989). "Sigurdssagan i...
    21 KB (2,608 words) - 17:39, 11 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1953;263
    Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1953;263 or U Fv1953;263 is the Rundata catalog listing for a Viking Age memorial runestone that was discovered at Helenelund...
    5 KB (546 words) - 23:53, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Möjbro Runestone
    Örsundsbro in Uppsala County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Uppland. The runestone is on display at the Swedish Museum of National Antiquities...
    7 KB (778 words) - 14:52, 31 May 2024
  • runestones from the time of Canute the Great. Two of the runestones, one in Uppland (U 617) and one in Småland (Sm 76) mention a Hakon Jarl, and both runologists...
    8 KB (1,125 words) - 22:00, 6 March 2024
  • between 1,700 and 2,500 depending on definition. The Swedish district of Uppland has the highest concentration with as many as 1,196 inscriptions in stone...
    46 KB (7,040 words) - 02:07, 24 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Swedish Air Force
    Malmen Air Base Uppland Wing Vidsel Air Base There are four fighter wings: Skaraborg Wing (F 7), at Såtenäs Air Base, operates JAS 39C/D Uppland Wing (F 16)...
    41 KB (3,231 words) - 03:04, 29 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Mälaren
    Riddarfjärden. The lake is located in Svealand and bounded by the provinces of Uppland, Södermanland and Västmanland. The two largest islands in Mälaren are Selaön...
    19 KB (2,053 words) - 03:13, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uppland Runic Inscription Fv1976 107
    bottom of the inscription in a horizontal text band. Öpir was active in the Uppland region during the late eleventh or early twelfth centuries. The inscription...
    5 KB (473 words) - 23:49, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hillersjö stone
    of Gerlög and her daughter Inga. It is the longest runic inscription in Uppland and the second longest one in Sweden after the Rök runestone. The inscription...
    9 KB (1,193 words) - 22:03, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uppland Runic Inscription 485
    Uppland Runic Inscription 485 or U 485 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Marma, which is about six...
    6 KB (659 words) - 22:55, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Andvaranaut
    Sveriges runinskrifter: IX. Upplands runinskrifter del 4. Stockholm: Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademien. ISSN 0562-8016. p. 621-631...
    3 KB (243 words) - 00:42, 3 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bolsta Runestones
    Uppland. One runestone is signed by the runemaster with the normalized name of Åsmund Kåresson and the other by the runemaster named Öpir. Upplands Runic...
    8 KB (1,017 words) - 15:34, 6 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Gamla Uppsala
    centre of the Swedes. During the Middle Ages, it was the largest village of Uppland, the eastern part of which probably originally formed the core of the complex...
    24 KB (2,871 words) - 03:17, 1 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Björklinge runestones
    Björklinge, Uppsala County, Sweden, which is in the historic province of Uppland. In addition, there is a small fragment of a runestone with a partial runic...
    11 KB (1,474 words) - 06:20, 6 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Uppland Runic Inscription 993
    Uppland Runic Inscription 993 or U 993 is the Rundata catalog number for a Viking Age memorial runestone located in Brunnby, which is one kilometer west...
    3 KB (424 words) - 17:01, 11 June 2024
  • Norwegian versions of Scandinavian legends, Onela seems to appear as Áli of Uppland, and is called Norwegian. By the time Ynglingatal was used as a source...
    9 KB (862 words) - 19:47, 3 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Clergy house
    India The rectory in Bączal Dolny, Poland (1923) The rectory in Valö, Uppland, Sweden The rectory in Edsleskog, Dalsland, Sweden Halton Vicarage, England;...
    9 KB (904 words) - 22:02, 26 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Scandinavian prehistory
    originated in southern parts of Europe and slowly advanced up through today's Uppland, Sweden. In southern Scandinavia it replaced the Ertebølle culture, which...
    16 KB (1,916 words) - 06:26, 13 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Neva
    Folkungs, who were mainly from Uppland, stoutly resisted the centralization of power, taxation of the Swedes of Uppland, and church privileges. They had...
    18 KB (2,088 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cnut
    the Swedes" – his victory over Swedes suggests Helgeå to be the river in Uppland and not the one in eastern Scania – while the king of Sweden appears to...
    76 KB (10,011 words) - 04:49, 7 October 2024