page_title: Hakon Jarl runestones
section_title: Sm 76
hierarchical_section_title: Hakon Jarl runestones / Sm 76
caption_attribution_description: Runestone Sm 76. This is a picture of an archaeological site or a monument in Sweden, number 10301200210001 in the RAÄ Fornsök database.
context_page_description: The Hakon Jarl Runestones are Swedish runestones from the time of Canute the Great.
  Two of the runestones, one in Uppland and one in Småland mention a Hakon Jarl, and both runologists and historians have debated whether they are one and the same, or two different men. Moreover, all known Hakon Jarls have been involved in the debate: Hákon Sigurðarson, his grandson Hákon Eiríksson, Hákon Ívarsson and Hákon Pálsson. The most common view among runologists is that the two stones refer to different Hakon Jarls and that one of them was Swedish and the other one Norwegian.
context_section_description: Only a fragment remains of this runestone, but before it was destroyed, the text had been read by runologists. The fragment is located in the garden of the inn of Komstad in Småland. It was originally raised by a lady in memory of Vrái who had been the marshall of an earl Hakon, who was probably the earl Håkon Eiriksson. Some time earlier, Vrái had raised the Sävsjö Runestone in memory of his brother Gunni who died in England.
  The generally accepted identification with Hákon Eiríksson was made by von Friesen in 1922, and he is also held to appear on U 16, above.
  Latin transliteration:
  [tufa : risti : stin : þina : eftiʀ : ura : faþur : sin : stalar]a : hkunaʀ : [iarls]
  Old Norse transcription:
  Tofa ræisti stæin þenna æftiʀ Vraa, faður sinn, stallara Hakonaʀ iarls.
  English translation:
  "Tófa raised this stone in memory of Vrái, his father, Earl Hákon's marshal."
caption: The runestone Sm 76 at the inn of Komstad.
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