The Böksta runestone is a Viking Age memorial runestone that is located near the farm of Böksta in Balingsta, which is about four kilometers southwest of Ramstalund, Uppsala County, Sweden, in the historic province of Uppland. It is situated not far from Balingsta Church.
Böksta Runestone
In Norse mythology, Ullr is a god associated with skiing. Although literary attestations of Ullr are sparse, evidence including relatively ancient place-name evidence from Scandinavia suggests that he was a major god in earlier Germanic paganism. Proto-Germanic *wulþuz ('glory') appears to have been an important concept of which his name is a reflex. The word appears as owlþu- on the 3rd-century Thorsberg chape.
Ollerus traverses the sea on his magic bone; 16th-century woodcut
Illustration from an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript showing Ullr on his skis and with his bow
Early 20th-century German lead medal depicting Ullr, Schutzpatron der Skifahrer
Reverse of the same medal