It is also the birthplace of one of Sweden’s national symbols, the Dalecarlian Horse, which originally was a toy for children carved from leftover wood used to make clock cases. The curious phenomenon ...

The rune emerged in Scandinavia in the Migration Period, but in more recent times has been adopted by Nazi German military units and modern neo-fascist groups.

Twitter users noted the design of a stage at CPAC closely resembles a symbol used on Nazi uniforms. CPAC organizer Matt Schlapp denied the resemblance was intentional, calling the idea "outrageous ...

Many scholars argue that the best way to counter far-right misuse is to drown it out with positive and accurate representations of Norse myth. But the strategy doesn't seem to be working.

The Swedish government is looking into the possibility of forbidding the use of Norse runes, local media has reported, amid concerns that the ancient symbols have been misappropriated by neo-Nazi ...

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The group’s symbol is a Viking rune on a green background. Vikings “symbolize everything about Northern Europeans,” said Haakon Forwald, a spokesman for the Norwegian chapter of the group.

The neo-Nazi Nordic Resistance Movement has used the Tyr rune but the symbol has a long, non-racist history in Norse culture. MARKKU ULANDER/AFP/Getty Images An ancient symbol on a Norwegian ...

See your name spelled in runes and learn the meaning of each of the letters in the Viking alphabet.