Sjusta

Rúna had the landmark made in memory of Spjallboði and in memory of Sveinn and in memory of Andvéttr and in memory of Ragnarr, sons of her and Helgi/Egli/Engli; and Sigríðr in memory of Spjallboði, her husbandman. He died in Holmgarðr in Ólafr's church. Œpir carved the runes.

U 687
On your way to Skokloster you'll see a sign next to the road, which will lead you to this rock with its runic inscription, made by Œpir.
U 687
The part of the text that you can see on the picture above is "uaR ' tauþr ' i hulmkarþi ' i olaf" which means "was dead in Holmgård (Novgorod in Russia) in Olof" ( and then it continues with Olof's church ).
The name Andvéttr also appear on some other rune stones not far from here : U 643, U 644 and U 654. I wonder if it's the same man on all of them. They also have a connection to Russia. Map
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