Vaksala Runestone
The Vaksala Runestone, designated as U 961 under the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located close to Vaksala Church, near Uppsala, Sweden.- Type: Memorial
- Description: runestone
- Also known as: “U 961” and “Vaksalastenen (U 961)”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vaksala Church and Gränbystaden.
Vaksala Church
Church
Gränbystaden
Shopping center
Photo: Kalle Lindgren, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Gränbystaden is a shopping center, which is situated 500 metres west of Vaksala Runestone.
Källparken
Park
Photo: Hockew, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Källparken is situated 1 km southwest of Vaksala Runestone.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Årsta and Sala Backe.
Årsta
Suburb
Årsta is a district in Uppsala, Sweden, located in the east of the city, between Gränbystaden and Fyrislund, with Årstaparken as the approximate center.
Sala Backe
Suburb
Photo: Ulkl, Public domain.
Sala backe is a district in Uppsala, Sweden. In 2021 it had a population of 11,759. The area, which was developed after World War II, mainly consists of three to five story apartment blocks with some single family houses to the south, in an area known as Johannesbäck.
Vaksala Runestone
- Categories: Norse runestone, runic inscription, and historic site
- Location: Uppsala Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.87836° or 59° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
17.68264° or 17° 40′ 58″ eastOpen location code
9FFVVMHM+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 1649554380OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q1616146
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Swedish—“Vaksala Runestone” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Vaksala Runestone”
- Italian: “Pietra di Vaksala”
- Italian: “Pietra runica di Vaksala”
- Spanish: “Piedra runica de Vaksala”
- Spanish: “Piedra rúnica de Vaksala”
- Spanish: “U 961”
- Swedish: “U 961”
- Swedish: “Upplands runinskrifter 961”
- Swedish: “Vaksalastenen”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Vaksala hembygdsförening and Vaksala gärde.
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