Runestone U381

Olofsgatan 2, 193 30 Sigtuna, Sweden

This stone can be found in front of the west gable of St Mary’s Church, on the east wall of
the Gerner chapel.



“God help the spirit…”

The prayer to God to help the spirit of the dead is common in the runic inscriptions, as almost all rune stones were erected by Christian people.

Did you know that
One-tenth of the stones tell of overseas voyages. Among these are a large group of stones about Ingvar den Vittfarne (the Far-Travelled) who was the leader of an unsuccessful Viking expe-dition to the Caspian Sea in the years1036 to1041. These rune stones are referring to warriors who went out with Ingvar and never came back.

Source: https://www.sigtuna.se (Text: Thorgunn Snædal (National Board of Antiquities) and Sten Tesch (Arkistoria). English translation reviewed by Karin Atterlöf Perslow.)

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