Hagby Runestones - U 153

U 153

This runestone is raised by the same Sveinn and Ulfr as on the U 155, below, which is probably the other runestone mentioned in the inscription. They had them made in memory of their brothers Halfdan and Gunnarr who died somewhere in the East, as Varangians. It has been suggested that the words after east may be either "in Greece" or "in GarĂ°ar (Kiev)," but a fracture in the runestone prevents any actual reading of these runes. This inscription is classified as being in runestone style Pr3, which is also a Urnes style.

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