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Here we have a runestone Vs 1 at Rytterne, Sweden dated from the 11th century with the following inscription:

• kuþlefʀ + seti : stff : auk : sena : þasi : uftiʀ slakua : sun : sia : etaþr : austr · i · karusm ·

Runsvenska:
Guðlæifʀ satti staf ok stæina þasi æftiʀ Slagva, sun sinn, ændaðr austr i Garðum(?)/Chorezm(?).

Translated to 🇬🇧
Guðleifr placed the staff and these stones in memory of Slagvi, his son, (who) met his end in the east in Garðar(?)/Chorezm(?).

Runestones are protected by law in Scandinavia, and were often carved in memorial of a fallen family member. Many stones are also erected and carved in memory of a road, a bridge building or after seafaring Vikings.