Runic display at Gothenburg City Museum, &#039;The Runes Live On&#039;

Title: Runic display at Gothenburg City Museum, 'The Runes Live On'
Alternative Title: Runorna levde vidare
Submitted by: Kris2000
Description: Gothenburg City Museum display illustrating the continued use of runes after the Viking Age and into the medieval Christian period. The exhibition combines enlarged runic characters with cross motifs to show how runic writing persisted post-conversion.
Identifier: NM-00280
Contributor: Kris2000
Date: 2 October 2026; 2026-10-02
Temporal Coverage: Modern (Twenty-first Century)
Place of Origin: Göteborg, Sweden
Current Location: Norra Hamngatan 12, 411 14 Göteborg, Sweden; 57.70634579999999, 11.9634954
Format: Ink on paper
Language: English [eng]; Swedish [swe]
Type: Place & Environment See all items with this value; Museums & Exhibitions See all items with this value; Museum See all items with this value
Subject: Mythology, Symbolism & Runes; Runes & Inscriptions; Cross
Rights: CC BY-SA 4.0