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15/04/2026

Thousand years of Swedish history brought to life on our guided tour through the beautiful landscape north of Stockholm.

12/04/2026

Nu finns ett grytunderlägg i butiken på Orkesta Granby Gård med bild på det fantastiska korset på
En perfekt present och minne från er Sverige resa

05/03/2026

Mycket spännande historia i Orkesta socken Vallentuna Sweden

U 344 Uppland: Yttergärde, Orkesta socken

in ulfr hafiR o| |onklati ' þru kialt| |takat þit uas fursta þis tusti ka-t ' þ(a) ---- (þ)urktil ' þa kalt knutr

Men Ulv har i England tagit tre gälder. Det var den första, som Toste gäldade. Sedan gäldade Torkel. Sedan gäldade Knut

English:
But Ulv had taken three gelds in England. The first was the one that Toste paid. Then Thorkel paid. Then C**t paid.

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The stone now stands to the left of the entrance to Orkesta Church. The Ulv mentioned in the inscription is the same man referred to on U 336, which stands a few meters to the left. Ulv had taken part in the extortion of England on three occasions.

Carver: Åsmund (A)

Photo: Christer Hamp

https://www.christerhamp.se/runor/gamla/u1/u344.html

04/01/2025

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23/10/2024

27/06/2024

Jarlabanki bridge, a Viking age monument with inscribed messages from a thousand years ago. The stones tells us about the lord Jarlabanki who built a bridge and controlled the local area of TÄBY, close to modern-day Stockholm.

26/06/2024

When one thinks of Vikings, images of brutal raiders whose families lived in dank longhouses back home often come to mind. Yet new research shows that the upper echelons of Viking society may have lived in properties with glass windows long before the churches and castles of medieval Scandinavia.

24/06/2024

The Europe of today is, in part, hugely shaped by the cultural, social, political, and economic legacy that the Vikings left more than a millennium ago. However, what would Europe look like if those Scandinavia pirates never set foot on a longship?

22/06/2024

The Old Uppsala burial mounds, the last tour stop on our Viking History Tour. Guests experience the burial practices of the Vikings and learn about the development of the Swedish nation at this location.

30/03/2024

The Malmby runestone.