Orkesta Runestone, Norse runestone at Orkesta Church, Sweden.

The Orkesta Runestone is an 11th-century monument positioned near Orkesta Church, displaying carved inscriptions in younger futhark characters. The stone records names, family connections, and personal accomplishments through its Old Norse text.

U 344 was found in 1868 by Richard Dybeck at Yttergärde and re-erected at Orkesta Church in 1977. Its inscription records that Ulf of Borresta took three danegelds in England: with Skagul Toste, with Thorkell the Tall in 1012, and with Canute the Great in 1018. The runes are mirror-reversed and read right to left, except the name Knutr.

U 344 is one of the England runestones, a small group that names danegeld payments taken in England. Its text lists three: first with Skagul Toste, then Thorkell the Tall in 1012, and finally Canute the Great in 1018. The runes are carved as mirrored turn-runes read from right to left, except the name Knutr outside the band, written left to right in normal runes.

U 344 now stands at the western entrance of Orkesta Church, where it was re-erected in 1977 after Richard Dybeck found it in 1868 at Yttergärde. The runes are carved as reversed (mirror-image) runes, and the band is read from right to left; only the name Knutr, outside the band, is written left to right in normal orientation. There are no word separators or punctuation marks between the words.

U 344 is one of the England runestones, a small group of Swedish stones naming danegeld payments. Its text lists the three leaders Ulf of Borresta followed: Skagul Toste, Thorkel the Tall and Canute the Great. The last name, knutr, sits outside the rune band, cut in normal left-to-right orientation while the rest runs mirrored from right to left.