The memorial at Nora: A Viking Age runestone of inheritance and betrayal

The inscription on U 130 features runic text in the younger futhark, etched on a serpent that forms a circle. A cross is in the center of the inscription. The runic text indicates that the inscription was a memorial sponsored by a man named Bjôrn, mourning the death of his brother Óleifr, who perished due to some form of betrayal. The brother's demise occurred in Finnheiðr district. Other runestones referencing Finnveden include Sm 35 in Replösa and Sm 52 in Forsheda allmänning.

U 130 serves as a public record that addresses the legal quandary over an inheritance of a farm located in Elgjastaðir, or the modern village of Älgesta in Husby-Ärlinghundra parish. Some scholars have proposed that the inscription at Nora indicates the two brothers owned two farms, one at Nora and the other thirty kilometers north at Älgesta.

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