The Broby Bro Runestones (U 135, U 136, U 137)
- Title
- The Broby Bro Runestones (U 135, U 136, U 137)
- Description
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The Broby Bro Runestones—U 135, U 136, and U 137—are a group of Late Viking Age memorial stones in Täby, Uppland, Sweden. Dating to around AD 1020–1050, they commemorate members of the influential Jarlabanke family and include inscriptions about Estrid and her husband Östen, who is remembered for travelling to Jerusalem and dying in the Byzantine Empire.
U 135
Runes:
× ikifastr × auk × austain × auk × suain × litu · raisa + staina þasa · at · austain faþur × sin × auk × bru × þasa karþu × auk × hauk þana ×
Rune text transliteration:
Ingifastr ok Eysteinn ok Sveinn létu reisa steina þessa at Eystein, fǫður sinn, ok brú þessa gerðu ok haug þenna.
English translation:
Ingifastr and Eysteinn and Sveinn had these stones raised in memory of Eysteinn, their father, and made this bridge and this mound.
U 136
Runes:
× astriþr × la(t) + raisa × staina × þasa × [a]t austain × buta sin × is × suti × iursalir auk antaþis ub i × kirkum
Rune text transliteration:
Ástríðr lét reisa steina þessa at Eystein, bónda sinn, er sótti Jórsalir ok endaðist upp í Grikkjum.
English translation:
Ástríðr had these stones raised in memory of Eysteinn, her husbandman, who attacked Jerusalem and met his end up in Greece.
U 137
Runes:
· aystin · auk · astriþr · raistu · stina · aftir · kak · sun · sin ·
Rune text transliteration:
Eysteinn ok Ástríðr reistu steina eptir Kag(?)/Gag(?), son sinn.
English translation:
Eysteinn and Ástríðr raised the stones in memory of Kagr(?)/Gagr(?), their son. - Creator
- HelenLeslieJacobsen
- Identifier
- NM-IMG-0390
- Date
- 10 July 2026
- Format
- image/jpeg
- Rights
- CC BY-SA 4.0
- Rights Holder
- HelenLeslieJacobsen
- Publisher
- The NorseMap Project