Usually we associate runic alphabet with the Vikings. But in a remote, isolated part of Sweden they used runes until just 100 years ago. People in the region also speak their own language: “Älvdalsk.” (Elfdalian in English)
Most people associate runes with Viking times, the Jelling stones or Gorm the Old.
But in Älvdalen in mid-western Sweden locals continued to use runes …
