A runestone in Fällbro serves as a memorial to Jarlabanke

Upplands runinskrifter 142 is a runestone standing in Fällbro, Täby socken, and Täby kommun in southeastern Uppland. The stone is 1.55 meters tall and 1.75 meters wide. It is one of the so-called Jarlabankestenarna from the 1000s, which were raised by a man named Jarlabanke, either alone or together with his family. This stone is unique among them because it was raised as a memorial to Jarlabanke himself. The ornamentation is in Urnes style and the carving was created by the runemaster Öpir.

The inscription translates to: Ingefast let resa stenen och göra bron efter Jarlabanke, sin fader och Joruns son, och Kättilö let [resa stenen] efter sin man. Öpir ristade. The stone was raised by Jarlabankes son Ingefast, and it is clear that Jarlabankes mother, Jorun, lived when the stone was carved. The runestone is today erected at Skålhamravägen, where a bridge passed during the Viking Age.

Circa a hundred meters south of Jarlabankes stone, there are two run-hällar with inscriptions that also tell of bridge-building. Run-inscription U 145 reads: Torkel och Fulluge läto hugga denna häll och göra bron efter Sten, sin fader. Olev högg.

Run-inscription U 146 reads: Ingeborg lät hugga hällen och göra bron efter Holmsten, sin man, och efter Torsten, sin son. Another run-häll found in 1946 at a Viking Age gravefield southwest of Fällbro gård was let Vig, Utrygg and Balle carve after their father Rodger and is adorned with a man figure. Probably Rodger is the oldest depicted Täby man.

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