Altuna Runestone
The Altuna Runestone, listed as U 1161 in the Rundata catalog, is a Viking Age memorial runestone with images from Norse mythology that is located in Altuna, Uppland, Sweden.Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: OlofE, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Memorial
- Description: memorial runestone
- Also known as: “U 1161”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Altuna Church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fjärdhundra and Frösthult.
Fjärdhundra
Village
Fjärdhundra is a locality situated in Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 951 inhabitants in 2010. The name was given to a railway station in 1906, taken from the region Fjärdhundraland, which means land of the four hundreds, where in Sweden hundred meant an area having one hundred trained soldiers or shipsmen. Fjärdhundra is situated 5 km south of Altuna Runestone.
Frösthult
Village
Photo: Rotsee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Frösthult is a village, which is situated 9 km south of Altuna Runestone.
Altuna Runestone
- Categories: picture stone, Norse runestone, runic inscription, and historic site
- Location: Altuna socken, Fjärdhundra, Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Svealand, Sweden, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
59.81958° or 59° 49′ 11″ northLongitude
16.9315° or 16° 55′ 53″ eastOpen location code
9FFRRW9J+RJOpenStreetMap ID
node 4264729187OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q1359686
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Altuna Runestone” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Altunastenen”
- Dutch: “Altuna Runestone”
- German: “Runenstein von Altuna”
- Italian: “Pietra runica di Altuna”
- Japanese: “アルトナ石碑”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Altunasteinen”
- Polish: “Kamień runiczny z Altuny”
- Portuguese: “Pedra de Altuna”
- Swedish: “Altuna 42:1”
- Swedish: “U 1161”
- Swedish: “Upplands runinskrifter 1161”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Altuna Hembygdsgård and Fornborg.
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