Lilla Vilunda runestones, Upplands Väsby

Name: Lilla Vilunda runestones
Address: Upplands Väsby, Sweden

#3 among attractions in Upplands Väsby

Top attraction, Archaeological site

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Lilla Vilunda runestones, Upplands Väsby

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The Lilla Vilunda runestones are three Viking Age memorial runestones that were erected by members of the same family and which are located at Lilla Vilunda in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland. ()

Local name: Upplands runinskrifter Fv1972;172 Coordinates: 59°30'50"N, 17°54'19"E

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Upplands Väsby Sweden

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Lilla Vilunda runestones – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rosersberg Palace, Edsby Castle, Edsberg, Uppland Runic Inscription 258.

4.7 miNW
Royal palace and gardens by the lake
Rosersberg Palace, Rosersberg
120 min walk • Rosersberg Palace is one of the Royal Palaces of Sweden. Situated on the shores of Lake Mälaren, on the outskirts of Stockholm, it was built in the 1630s by the Oxenstierna family and became a royal palace in 1762, when the state gave it to Duke Karl, the younger brother of Gustav III of Sweden.
1.3 miW
Forts and castles
Edsby Castle, Upplands Väsby
34 min walk • Edsby Castle is a manor house located in Stockholm, Sweden. It was completed in 1872. Since 1968, the manor has served as a retirement home, but before then, it was the Teleborg girls school. Vardaga acquired the building in 2015.
5.2 miSE
Neighbourhood
Edsberg, Täby
132 min walk • Edsberg is an urban district in Sollentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden. It is located at the bottom of the Edsviken Bay, which forms a long inlet all the way from the Baltic Sea. It forms part of Stockholm.
1.8 miE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 258, Upplands Väsby
47 min walk • The Uppland Runic Inscription 258 is a Viking Age runestone engraved in Old Norse with the Younger Futhark runic alphabet. It is in granite and located at Fresta Church in Upplands Väsby Municipality.
4.6 miN
Forts and castles
Skånelaholm Castle
117 min walk • Skånelaholm Castle is a castle in Sigtuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden.
~1990 ftS
Historical place, Farm, Museum
Gunnes gård, Upplands Väsby
10 min walk • Vikingagården Gunnes gård is a reconstruction of a Viking farm located at Ryttargatan 270 Upplands Väsby, Upplands Väsby municipality. Gunnes Farm began construction in 1989 on the initiative of the Stockholm County Museum.
4.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Runsa
108 min walk • Runsa is an estate located in Upplands Väsby Municipality in Stockholm County, Sweden. It the site of the ruins of an ancient fortification and of Runsa Manor which was built in the middle of the 17th century.
4.9 miN
Church
Skånela Church
125 min walk • Skånela Church is a medieval Lutheran church in the Archdiocese of Uppsala in Stockholm County, Sweden. It is one of the oldest churches in Stockholm County.
4.9 miSE
Stela
Hagby Runestones
126 min walk • The Hagby Runestones are four runestones that are raised on the courtyard of the farm Hagby in Uppland, Sweden. They are inscribed in Old Norse using the Younger Futhark and they date to the 11th century. Three of the runestones are raised in memory of Varangians who died somewhere in the East, probably in Kievan Rus'.
3.7 miNE
Stela
Uppland Runic Inscription 227, Upplands Väsby
94 min walk • Uppland Runic Inscription 227 or U 227 is the Rundata catalog designation for a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located in Grana, which is about 4 kilometers west of Vallentuna, Stockholm County, Sweden, and in the historic province of Uppland.
1.8 miE
Church
Fresta Church
47 min walk • Fresta Church is a Lutheran church in the municipality of Upplands Väsby in Stockholm County, Sweden.