Runestone styles

RAK is the oldest style and covers the period 980-1015 AD, but the Rundata project also includes the older runestones in this group, as well as younger ones. This style has no dragon heads and the ends of the runic bands are straight. Image:Rökstenen2.JPG|Rök runestone Image:U 336, Orkesta.JPG|U 336 Image:Öl1, karlevi.JPG|Karlevi Runestone Image:Ög165 Runsten vid Vårfrukyrkan, Skänninge.jpg|Ög 165 ==Fp==

This style is from the period c. 1010/1015 to c. 1040/1050, when Pr3 appeared. It is characterized by runic bands that end with animal heads seen from above. Image:U 778, Svinnegarn.jpg|U 778 Image:SÖ179 Gripsholm Runestone.jpg|Gripsholm Runestone Image:Rune stone exhibited in the Terminal 2 of the Arlanda Airport (Stockhoml, Sweden).jpg|U FV 1992;157 Image:So194 Brosicke 06.gif|Sö 194 ==Pr (profile styles)==

In the styles called Pr1, Pr2, Pr3, Pr4 and Pr5, the runic bands end with animal heads seen in profile. Pr1 (Ringerike style) This style is contemporary with FP dated to c. 1010- c. 1050 when it was succeeded by Pr3. Image:U 324, Tjusta.JPG|U 324 Image:U 335, Orkesta.jpg|U 335 Image:U 201, Angarn.JPG|U 201 Image:U 161, Risbyle.JPG|U 161 Pr2 (Ringerike style) This style is only somewhat younger than the previous style and it is dated to c. 1020- c. 1050, and it was also succeeded by Pr3. Image:Sö279 strängnäs dom.jpg|Sö 279 Image:U 212 (side A), Vallentuna.JPG|U 212 Image:U 137, Broby bro.jpg|U 137 Image:U 165, Vallentuna.jpg|U 165 Pr3 (Urnes style) This style succeeded FP, Pr1 and Pr2 and is dated to c. 1050- c. 1080. Image:U 194, Väsby.JPG|U 194 Image:U 240, Lingsberg.JPG|U 240 Image:U 256, Fresta.jpg|U 256 Image:U 148, Hagby.JPG|U 148 Pr4 (Urnes style) This style appeared somewhat later c. 1060/1070 and lasted until c. 1100. Image:Runestone Uppland 1975 II.jpg|U Fv1976;107 Image:U 647, Övergran.JPG|U 647 Image:U 152, Hagby.JPG|U 152 Image:Upplands Runinskrift 871.jpg|U 871 Pr5 (Urnes style) This style was the last one before runestones stopped being raised. It appeared c. 1080/1100 and lasted until c. 1130. Image:U 104, Ed.jpg|U 104 Image:U 1014, Ärentuna.JPG|U 1014 Image:U 216, Vallentuna.jpg|U 216 Image:U541 Husby-Sjuhundra kyrka runestone.jpg|U 541 ==KB==

This style is used by the Rundata project, although it does not attribute it to Gräslund's model. The style is common in western Södermanland and it is characterized by bordered crosses. Image:Sö 84, Tumbo.JPG|Sö 84 Image:Sö 362, Tumbo.JPG|Sö 362 Image:Sö 363, Tumbo.JPG|Sö 363 Image:Sö 85, Västerby.JPG|Sö 85 ==See also==

• Rundata • Edberg, Rune. Runriket Täby-Vallentuna – en Handledning • Fuglesang, Signe Horn (1998). Swedish Runestones of the Eleventh Century: Ornament and Dating, Runeninschriften als Quellen Interdisziplinärer Forschung (K. Düwel ed.). Göttingen. pp. 197–218 • Sawyer, Peter. (1997). The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings. Oxford: Oxford University Press.