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The '''Granavollen stone''' is a [[runestone]] located behind Nikolaikirken at [[Granavollen]] in [[Gran, Norway|Gran]], [[Oppland]] county, [[Norway]]. This [[Church (building)|church]] is also known as one of the two [[medieval]] [[Sister churches (Norway)|Sister Churches]]. The inscription is classified as being carved in [[runestone style]] RAK,<ref name="Rundata">{{cite web |title=Runic inscription N 63 |website=[[Rundata|Scandinavian Runic-text Database]] |edition=2020 |publisher=Department of Scandinavian Languages |location=Uppsala University |url=http://kulturarvsdata.se/uu/srdb/0d024bd3-7904-4814-bad8-5edf95b25447 |access-date=Feb 25, 2024}}</ref> which is the oldest style. This classification is used for those inscriptions where the ends of the runic text bands are straight and do not have any animal or serpent heads attached.

The runic text is dated as being from the last half of the eleventh century<ref name="Spurkland">{{Cite book |last=Spurkland |first=Terje |others=van der Hoek, Betsy (trans.) |title=Norwegian Runes and Runic Inscriptions |publisher=Boydell Press |year=2005 |location=Woodbridge |pages=133–135 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QDKqY-NWvUC |isbn=1-84383-186-4}}</ref> and reveals that the stone was erected in memory of a brother named Aufi. The text ends in a prayer for Aufi's ''sál'', or [[soul]], a word which was not used until after [[Christianization]].<ref name="Spurkland"/>

==Inscription==
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|× cʀnir ⁑ aunar ⁑ rʀkiu ⁑ ricþtu [⁑] …(f)tir ⁑ aufa ⁑ bruþur ⁑ cin ⁑ hialbi ⁑ kuþ × col × aufa
|{} Synir {} Aunar {} Ryggju/Rœkju {} reistu {} [e]ptir {} <aufa>, {} bróður {} sinn. {} Hjalpi {} Guð {} sál {} <aufa>.
|Aun Ryggja's/Rœkja's sons raised in memory of <aufa>, their brother. May God help <aufa>'s soul.
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==References==
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==See also==
*The [[Dynna stone]]

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[[Category:11th-century inscriptions]]
[[Category:Runestones in Norway]]
[[Category:Hadeland]]

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