Fot

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Fot (Old Norse: Fotr) was a runemaster who flourished in mid-11th century Sweden. He was active in southern Uppland. He is a representative of the Urnes style.^[1]

Only a few runestones were signed by him, but an additional 40 runestones can be attributed to him, who is prominent as the leading representative of the classic Uppland runestone style. A salient trait is the care with which he chose the stones, how he treated the surface of them, the harmonious ornamentation and the evenly chisled and firmly designed runes.

The runestone U 678 at the church of Skokloster belongs to his most famous works.

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Uppland Runic Inscription 678 is one of his most famous works.	This stone is one of the Snottsta and Vreta stones	This stone is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones	This stone is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones
This stone is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones	This stone is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones	This stone is one of the Jarlabanke Runestones

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Fuglesang, S.H. Swedish runestones of the eleventh century: ornament and dating, Runeninschriften als Quellen interdisziplinärer Forschung (K.Düwel ed.). Göttingen 1998, pp. 197-218. p. 197

[edit] Source

The article Fot in Nationalencyklopedin (1991).