![The Nordic Ice age. This was the last glacial period, with the technical name of the Weichselian glaciation, when northern Europe and the British Isles were vovered by the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6353a58014dc4f2191cdf9b8/63ca513a6ea27a703d2aec70_Nordic-Map-00-Ice-Age.png)
12000 years ago. This was the last glacial period, with the technical name of the Weichselian glaciation, when northern Europe and the British Isles were vovered by the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet.
![Neolithic period. It is generally understood that the Germanic peoples originated from the regions known today as Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6353a58014dc4f2191cdf9b8/63ca51cffdf8efb3fbb3eaaf_Nordic-Map-00-Germanic-people.png)
12000 years ago. This was the last glacial period, with the technical name of the Weichselian glaciation, when northern Europe and the British Isles were vovered by the Fenno-Scandian ice sheet.
![It is from this period, 8000BC (or 10,000 years ago) that the earliest evidence of humankind in Scandinavia has been found. In May 1941, the remains of a human skull and some bones were discovered near Koelbjerg, on the island of Funen, at a depth of 2.5 metres. This so-called “bog body”, also know as “The Koelbjerg Man” was originally thought to be a woman but later analysis concluded that it was a man.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6353a58014dc4f2191cdf9b8/63ca54e09ae75907e420d8c4_Nordic-Map-00-Kjoelberg-man-8000-BC.png)
It is from this period, 8000BC (or 10,000 years ago) that the earliest evidence of humankind in Scandinavia has been found. In May 1941, the remains of a human skull and some bones were discovered near Koelbjerg, on the island of Funen, at a depth of 2.5 metres. This so-called “bog body”, also know as “The Koelbjerg Man” was originally thought to be a woman but later analysis concluded that it was a man.
![It was around 400AD that a new branch of runic alphabets emerged - Anglo-Saxon Furhorc, also known as Anglo-Frisian Futhork. This was around 250 years after the runic script first emerged in.Denmark and Norway, known as the Elder Futhark. Elder Futhark runic alphabet was in use around 400-800AD, and then followed the Younger Futhark of 16 runes lasting around 800-1100AD.](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6353a58014dc4f2191cdf9b8/63d68b12e05cee3459392e90_development-of-nordic-runes-elder-futhark-futhorc-anglo-saxon-letters-old-english.png)
It was around 400AD that a new branch of runic alphabets emerged - Anglo-Saxon Furhorc, also known as Anglo-Frisian Futhork. This was around 250 years after the runic script first emerged in.Denmark and Norway, known as the Elder Futhark. Elder Futhark runic alphabet was in use around 400-800AD, and then followed the Younger Futhork of 16 runes lasting around 800-1100AD.