Björn commissioned this monument to honor his brother. Carved into the granite during the 1000s, the inscription reads: Björn let ræisa stæin þennsa æftiʀ broður sinn.stæin. Guð hialpi and hans ok Guðs moðiʀ. Viseti risti.
One finds the Husbystenen on the northern roadside of the path connecting Akalla by and Husby gård in Spånga parish. This granite slab reaches a height of 1.4 metres and features runic lines measuring between 8 and 9 centimetres wide. In the upper left corner, there is a visible repair, while the top row of runes cannot be read because a piece of the stone is missing at the top.
We can clearly identify the hand of the skilled runemaster Visäte by the signature placed at the cross.
Just across from this memorial sits a tall, uncarved bautasten made of grey granite reaching 1.64 metres in height. While the runestone names a specific individual, the reason for the blank stone is unknown, though it is situated near a grave field where it was common to set uncarved stones.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nik Frost
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