Runic inscription

... ..gutr, they ...   _   ...  . atu : and : u ...

History

The fragment is the lower part of the runestone and has been placed at the top of the largest burial mound in the large burial field, the burial mound known as Bjorn Ironside grave. The fragment has been there since the 17th century.

Photo 2011 with lake Mälaren and Färingsö in the background.

The original location was probably by a road between the harbor below the burial ground and the farm so that as many people as possible could see it.

According to stories, the stone has previously been used as a stove top and it has also been split up (broken into pieces) and used as building material for a chimney on the farm. In other words, it is mostly luck that we have this little piece left.


About the name Husby

Husby or Husaby are names of farms connected to royal power. Our Husby, where there is a mighty burial ground from the Viking age with over 150 graves, is no exception.

Husby måste ha haft en stark koppling till Hovgården på Adelsö och Birka på Björkö men vi vet inte hur exakt den kopplingen såg ut eller hur den fungerade, bara att den fanns.

Husby must have had a strong connection to Hovgården on Adelsö and Birka on Björkö, but we do not know how exactly that connection was or how it worked, only that it existed.

To the west of the large burial ground in Husby, on the other side of the farmland, there are additional burial grounds that also belong to Husby's area. 

On May 8, 2019

The runestone is taken care of

The runestone has long since been sunken, tilted and damaged. On this day the stone conservator Stocklassa and my friend Roger Wikell came to the rescue of the rune stone and I was invited to help.

The runestone was lifted out of its hole, straightened and repaired. A small piece of the runestone that had previously fallen off was put back in its place.
 

Around the runestone were sacrificial objects. These were moved during the work but were put back as soon as we were done.
 

Roger - Stocklassa - Runestone - me, Kalle

Links

Upplands runinskrifter > page 20
(Good information but only in Swedish)

Runor >  Riksantikvarieämbetet

Björn Järnsidas grav > Reportage 2020-01-08 pdf
(only in Swedish)

Google map > Find the runestone

kalle@runristare.se
If you want to be of help or have a question.
 

ALL RUNESTONES

Ekerö municipality

ADELSÖ >
has 5 known runestones

BIRKA >
has fragments from 9 known runestones

MUNSÖ >
has 3 or 4 known runestones

EKERÖ >
has 11 known runestones

FÄRINGSÖ >
has 27 known runestones

LOVÖ >
has 8 known runestones