Dalecarlian runes

Dalecarlian runes
Dalecarlian runic inscription from A.D. 1635
Script type
alphabet
Time period
16th century to 1980
LanguagesNorth Germanic languages
Related scripts
Parent systems
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Dalecarlian runes

The Dalecarlian runes, or dalrunes (Swedish: Dalrunor), was a late version of the runic script that was in use in the Swedish province of Dalarna until the 20th century.[1] The province has consequently been called the "last stronghold of the Germanic script".[1]

  1. ^ a b Jansson 1997, p. 175.