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title: Runestone from Hagby, Sweden
author: Berig
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8936/runestone-from-hagby-sweden/
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license: GNU Free Documentation License (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Runestone from Hagby, Sweden
_Authored by Berig_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8936.jpg)
## Image Caption
Runestone U 152 inscribed in the Younger [Futhark](https://www.worldhistory.org/runes/) runic [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/) (c. 700-c. 1200 CE, in Scandinavia), found at the Hagby farm in Uppland, Sweden. It is decorated in the Urnes style. It reads "Holmfríðr had this stone raised in memory of Bjôrn, her husbandman and in memory of Sighvatr, her son." (as per the Scandinavian Runic-text Data Base).
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Berig. (2018, June 17). Runestone from Hagby, Sweden. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U_152,_Hagby.JPG) by [**Berig**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U_152,_Hagby.JPG). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 17 June 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [GNU Free Documentation License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl-1.3.en.html). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.