attire performing a ritual. The stone was originally located at Skavums, and was moved to its current location across the road from Vg 55 in 1669. The runic text states that the stone was raised by a man named either Styrlakr or Styrlaugr in memory of his father, who was named Kárr. It has been suggested that the father's name Kárr, which is Old Norse for "lock of hair" or "curly hair," was a name associated with cultic initiates who grew long hair, and supports an identification of the figure on the inscription as being that of the father in ritual attire. The name Kárr was often combined with that of Odin in Óðinkárr, and appears in a possible cultic initiate reference in the names on inscriptions on DR 4 in Hedeby, DR 81 in Skjern, DR 133 in Skivum, and DR 239 in Gørlev. The text on Vg 73 in Synnerby has a man named Kárr whose father has a name that means he may have been a priest or chieftain with religious duties. The name Kárr is also used without necessarily any cultic reference in inscriptions Sm 90 in Torshag, Sö 128 in Lids, U 643 and U 644 in Ekilla bro, U 654 in Varpsund, and U 792 in Ulunda, with U 644 and U 654 referring to the same person. Inscription Transliteration of the runes into Latin characters stur-akʀ + sati + stin + þasi + (i)ftiʀ + kaur + faþur + sin Transcription into Old Norse Styr[l]akʀ/Styr[l]augr satti stæin þannsi æftiʀ <kaur>, faður sinn. Translation in English Styrlakr/Styrlaugr placed this stone in memory of <kaur>, his father. References External links Photograph of Vg 55 in 1989 - Swedish National Heritage Board Photograph of Vg55 and Vg 56 in 1992 - Swedish National Heritage Board Photograph of Vg 56 in 1986 - Swedish National Heritage Board Runestones in Västergötland