Gunnar's bridge runestones

Only one of the Gunnar's bridge runestones remains at the location where a man named Håkon dedicated a bridge to the memory of his son Gunnar who died as a Viking. The second stone was discovered in a church and is presently raised in the cemetery.

Ög 162

Ög 162.

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

+ hakun + karþi + bru + þasi + ian + su skal + haita + kunas + bru + iai saR + uaR × sua + hakunaR +

Transcription into Old Norse

Hakon gærði bro þessi, en su skal hæita Gunnars bro, en saR vaR sunn HakonaR.

Translation in English

Hákon made this bridge and it will be called Gunnarr's bridge. And he was Hákon's son.

Ög Fv1970;310

Ög 68.

This runestone was found in the exterior wall of the church of Kullerstad, in 1969, and it is presently raised in the cemetery.

Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters

hakun + raiþi × kuml × þausi × eftiR × kunar + sun × sin × han × uarþ × taurþ × uastr +

Transcription into Old Norse

Hakon ræisþi kumbl þausi æftiR Gunnar, sun sinn. Hann varð dauðr vestr.

Translation in English

Hákon raised these monuments in memory of Gunnarr, his son. He died in the west.

Sources

• Rundata
• Kulturarv Östergötland, a site maintained by County Museum of Östergötland.