:: The Vikings of Bjornstad :: Viking Runes The Younger Futhark

By the Viking Age the 24 runes of the Anglo-Saxon, or elder, futhark had been simplified, adapted or discarded to the 16 runes of the "younger" futhark - in Scandinavia.  There were two primary variants of the younger futhark, one of which was the Swedo-Norwegian, or "short-twig" futhark and the more common "Danish" futhark shown below.  And, of course, this futhark was neither standardized nor used consistently.