Uppland Runic Inscription 1011

Runefacts|name=Uppland Runic Inscription 1011
rundataid=U 1011
country=Sweden
region=Uppland
city=Uppsala
produced= 11th century
artist=Vigmund
text_native=Old Norse : "Vígmundr lét hôggva stein at sik sjalfan, slœgjastr manna. "Gudh hjalpi sál "Vígmundar sty´rimanns. "Vígmundr ok "Áfrídhr hjoggu merki at kvikvan sik.
text_english= 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.
picture=The runestone U 1011, carved in the 11th century, was moved from Rasbo to Uppsala in the 17th century. In 1867 it was exhibited in the Exposition Universelle in Paris. There it was dropped in Le Havre during its return. After having lain there for several decades, it was returned to Uppsala. It now stands in "Universitetsparken" (the University Park), close to the main building of Uppsala University.

It is an unusual stone in that its creator, Vigmund, raised it in honor of himself.

ee also

*Joint Nordic database for runic inscriptions
*Runic alphabet
*Runestone