Runic inscription

Igelbjörn and Vibjörn and Hugbjörn raised the stone for Gubbe, their father. onr

ikulbiarn : ok · uibiarn : ok : hukbiarn : raistu : stain : at : guba : faþur : sin · onr +

Fakta:

Size: 280 x 80 cm

Granite, broken and now missing

Runecarver:

Ärnfast

During a period when Ärnfast is experienced but still curious, he also carves this type of ornamentation on U 43 in Törnby, U 47 Lovö church and U 79 in Hässelby.

Small details of experimentation make a difference, such as neck tassels that he transforms into a snake, animal motifs and a dragon's paw in various designs.

History

Vart tog runstenen vägen?

The almost 3-meter-high runestone stood at Drottningholm's barn. It is prominently featured on maps from both 1745 and 1811, but then something happens.

In 1851 it was found as part of a bridge over a ditch by V. Dahlgren, who wrote the following in his travelogue:

"Furthermore, after a long search, the runestone mentioned in the rune documents, whose drawing and interpretation are given here, has been found, as a bridge over a field ditch, very close to the large avenue at the Orangeri."

In 1872
There is information that it was blown up...

I'm thinking...

I find it strange that a large and famous runestone in the middle of Drottningholm, a royal palace, can first be allowed to be used as a bridge over a ditch and later blown up and used for building material. A big, powerful runestone that has previously received so much attention that it was highlighted on maps of the area.

Fragments that may remain?

I have received information that some fragments remained in the area after it was blown to pieces, they were said to have been outside a house, but these have now also disappeared.

I don't remember the information in detail and am not sure where it came from, perhaps verbally from Roger Wikell who can no longer answer...

Keep an eye out for angular and loose stones and angular stones as building materials in old houses. The fragments of U 51 are there somewhere.

Links

Upplands runinskrifter > Page 65
(Swedish only)

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