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Walking around Uppsala I found a square full of rune stones.

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IMGP3072.JPG Location U938 - "Holmfast lät resa stenen till minne av lgulger, sin fader, och Torbjörn"
IMGP3074.JPG Location U943 - "Björn och...stenen efter...ande"
IMGP3076.JPG Location U937 - "Tjägn och Gunnar reste stenarna till minne av Väder, sin broder."
IMGP3078.JPG Location U939 - "Forkunn och Brune läto göra minnesmärket efter lgulfast, sin fader."
IMGP3080.JPG Location U940 - "Igul och Torger lät uppresa stenen till minne av Kättilfast, sin far. Hjälpte själen. Gillög. Öpir rådde runorna"
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IMGP3084.JPG Location U932 - ""Muli ... ... [r]etta stæin thenna æftiR Svarthaufdha, brodhur sinn. Asmundr. Ingiald/Ingialdr. Muli ok Gunn...(?) o[k] Ig[ulf]astr(?) o[k] ... ... th[au]n letu retta stæin thenna æftiR Svarthauf[dha by]gg[i i] Sudhrby." "Múli ... ... this stone erected in memory of Svarthôfdhi, their brother. Ásmundr, Ingjald/Ingjaldr, Múli and Gunn-...(?) and Ígulfastr(?) and ... ... they had this stone erected in memory of Svarthôfdhi. (He) lived in Sudhrbýr."
IMGP3086.JPG Location U489 - "Gullaug(?) let gæra bro fyr and "GillaugaR, dottur sinnaR ok sum atti UlfR. ØpiR risti." "Gullaug(?) had the bridge made for the spirit of Gillaug, her daughter, and whom Ulfr owned (i.e. was married to). Öpir carved."
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IMGP3089.JPG Location - U1011 - ""Vígmundr lét hôggva stein at sik sjalfan, slœgjastr manna. "Gudh hjalpi sál "Vígmundar sty´rimanns. "Vígmundr ok "Áfrídhr hjoggu merki at kvikvan sik." "Vígmundr had the stone cut in memory of himself, the most skillful of men. May God help Vígmundr the captain's soul. Vígmundr and Áfrídhr cut the landmark in memory of themselves while alive."
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