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My favorite runestone in Uppsala carved by Runecarver Öpir

Runskrivare Erik den Röde

Halfdan examining Runestone at Haithabu (Hedeby)

Runes of the Elder Futhark

Runic Futhark
An explanation of the Runic Futhark (Viking equivalent to the modern day "Alphabet")
[Sweden]

Runic Futharks
An excellent explanation of the various Runic Futharks including charts of the Germanic, the normal Danish, the short twigged Norwegian-Swedish, Staveless, and Medieval Futharks
[Sweden]

Runes of the elder Futhark
Series written by valkyrie@eskimo.com and posted originally on Runes/Asatru on PODS.
[Germany]

Runic Futharks
An excellent explanation of the various Runic Futharks including the history and development of the Elder Futhark, Germanic Runes and Numerology, Norwegian Runes, Swedish Runes, Danish Runes, Anglo-Saxon Runes, and the Runes of Greenland
[Norway - (in Norwegian and English)]

The Rune Typology Project
This project's aim is to develop a transliteration system that is wholly dependent on the symbols' [runes] graphic form with no presumptions about their phonetic value..
[Norway]

News about Runes: Bulletin of Runic Research - Runic Bibliography
A research bibliography of serious publications on Norwegian runic inscriptions and runes as writing symbols compiled by the Runic Archives, Department of Archaeology at the University of Oslo
[Norway]

Swedish Runic Bibliography
A comprehensive research bibliography of publications on Swedish runic inscriptions alphabetized by author
[Sweden]

Rune Stones
Including Ölstastenen - a rune stone with restored colours, information about the futharks, runestone distribution and a few typical rune stones from Uppland.
[Sweden]

Viking age rune stones
Viking Age Rune Stones of Sweden
[Sweden]

Viking rune stones of Sweden
Viking Age Rune Stones of Sweden
[Sweden]

Runic inscriptions
A simple form for searching a database of Runic inscriptions at Bergen Museum.
[Norway]

List of alleged Viking sites in America
including the Kensington Stone in Alexandria, Minnesota, the Heavener Stone in Oklahoma, and the Stone Tower in Newport Rhode Island
[USA]

The Kensington Runestone
A page about the Kensington Runestone found in 1898 in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA.
[USA]

The Kensington Runestone FAQ
Questions and answers about the Kensington Runestone found in 1898 in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA.
[USA]

The Heavener Runestone
A 'Runestone' near Heavener, Oklahoma, USA.
[USA]

The Spirit Pond Inscription
Description of the Spirit Pond stone with 10 lines of Runic inscriptions found in 1971 at Spirit Pond, Maine, USA.
[USA]

Transcription of the Spirit Pond Inscription
Transcription of the Spirit Pond stone runic inscription found in 1971 at Spirit Pond, Maine, USA.
[USA]

Runecaster
The peoples of ancient Germania, Scandinavia, and Britain attributed mystical power to their runic letters, which were believed to hold magical force..
[USA]

FONTS

Bryggen Runic font
The Bryggen Runic font for Mac, developed by Odd Einar Haugen at the University of Bergen, Norway. (110k BinHex'ed file via FTP).
[Norway]

The Yamada WWW Language Guides - Runes
From the University of Oregon, a nice collection of Runic fonts and a guide to language resources.
[USA]

Truetype fonts by Curtis Clark
[USA]

RuneType - The project
[Norway]

Gullskoen Rune font
[Norway]

Runic Font Pack
[Sweden]

Edlund Font Project
[UK]

More Rune Fonts for Windows
[USA]

Linguist's Software TransRunic Fonts
From Linguist's Software, a nice collection of commercial Runic True Type fonts for Windows and Mac including runes for Germanic, Anglo-Saxon, Kylver, Vadstena, Breza, and Danish fonts, and Swedo-Norwegian (short-twig) runes.
[USA]

Runic Fonts by Johan Nordlander
A nice collection of 5 commercial Runic True Type fonts for Windows and Mac including runes for Danish, German, Norwegian, Old Norse, and Swedish/Danish short-twig runes.
[UK]

Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts for Windows
[USA]

Old English Pages: Fonts
[USA]

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