Uppland Runic Inscription 100 is the Rundata

Rundata

The Scandinavian Runic-text Data Base is a project involving the creation and maintenance of a database of runic inscriptions. The project's goal is to comprehensively catalog runestones in a machine-readable way for future research...

 designation for a memorial runestone that is located in the forest where a path meets a bog near Skälby, which is about two kilometers northeast of Sollentuna

Sollentuna Municipality

Sollentuna Municipality is a municipality in Stockholm County in east central Sweden. Its seat is located in Sollentuna....

, Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, which was part of the historical province of Uppland

Uppland

Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea...

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Description

This runestone, which is made of granite and is 2.1 meters in height, has an inscription which consists of runic text within serpent bands and a Christian cross

Christian cross

The Christian cross, seen as a representation of the instrument of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, is the best-known religious symbol of Christianity...

. It is classified as being carved in runestone style Pr4, which is part of the general Urnes style

Urnes style

The Urnes style was the last phase of Scandinavian animal art during the second half of the 11th century and in the early 12th century. The preceding phases of Scandinavia's Viking Age animal ornamentation are usually categorized as Oseberg style, Borre style, Jelling style, Mammen style and...

 of Scandinavian animal art. This runestone style is characterized by slim and stylized animals that are interwoven into tight patterns. The animal heads are typically seen in profile with slender almond-shaped eyes and upwardly curled appendages on the noses and the necks.

The runestone belongs to a number of runestones that were raised by the influential Skålhamra family, which also had runestones made at Arkils tingstad

Arkils tingstad

Arkils tingstad is the remains of the Viking Age thing or assembly location of a hundred in Uppland, Sweden. It is situated on the outskirts of Stockholm...

 and who commissioned the Risbyle Runestones

Risbyle Runestones

The Risbyle Runestones are two runestones found near the western shore of Lake Vallentunasjön in Uppland, Sweden, dating from the Viking Age.-Descripiton:...

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Transliteration of runic text into Latin letters

× guriþ × lit × raisa × stain × at * ulfkel × sun × sin × auk * kui * (a)... ... broþur * sin × auk × at × hulmtisi * sustur * sina ×

Old Norse transcription

Gyrið let ræisa stæin at Ulfkel, sun sinn, ok Gyi ... ... broður sinn ok at Holmdisi, systur sina.

English translation

Gyríðr had the stone raised in memory of Ulfkell, her son, and Gýi (did?) ... ... their brother, and in memory of Holmdís, their sister.