U 34
Sundby, Sånga

To create this intro image
I had to use a very old image.


Runic inscription

Sven and Halvdan and Tora had this stone erected after Viking, their father, and for Tägn, their brother.
God help their spirit.

Suain × auk × Halftan × auk × þora × litu × raisa × stain -ina × aftir × Uikik × foþur sin × au(k) × at × þagn × bruþur × sin ×
Kuþ × hialbi at þaira


About the runestone

The runestone was also a marker for a property boundary and stood on the shore of a now dry strait.

On the other side of the strait there was another runestone with the same mission but for the neighbor's land area, runestone U 36.


Difficult to visit and poorly maintained

I have visited this stone several times and it is so overgrown with lichen that it is impossible to make out the motif or any runes. Someone has tried to paint it in desperation but with the wrong kind of paint and lack of knowledge.

To create the intro image at the top, I had to use a very old image.
 


 

If our runestones in the landscapes are not taken care of and made accessible to visitors, they risk being destroyed in various ways through negligence and lack of knowledge, or even being moved because people don't even see that it is a runestone.
 

Runestone U 34 is in great need of runestone care.
 

But at least there is a sign at the location...
 

Another problem is that the runestone is currently located in the middle of farmland, which makes it inaccessible during much of the summer.
 

Together with runestone U 36, the two runestones stood on either side of the strait and the important property boundary. Today, only a deep ditch is visible at the site due to land uplift.

Runestone U 36 on the opposite side has been moved a short distance away from today's farmland and can be seen by the arrow up on the field island. 


Links

Upplands runinskrifter > page 46
(Only Swedish)

Runor >  Riksantikvarieämbetet
(National Antiquities Board, mostly Swedish)

Google map > Find the runestone.
 


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


U 34
Sundby, Sånga
 

Uppdaterad 28 november, 2025 av Kalle Runristare