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Wooden toy axes and swords in a gift shop in Ribe. The Viking history of the town is important for the tourist industry.

Saebo sword: Bergen Museum
The article describes the Sæbø (or Thurmuth) sword. This sword was found in an early 9th-century barrow at Sæbø in 1825. It has a runic inscription on its blade.

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A hiker found a Viking sword when he sat down to rest after a short fishing trip.

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Four boat burials and several other burials from the period immediately before the Viking Age were found after a chance metal detector find in Bitterstad, Norway. Excavations on the site showed that the boats were c. 8m long with room for 12 rowers.…

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Iron sword found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, County Antrim. Grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum.

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Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, in County Antrim. The grave dates from the 10th century. On loan from Duke of Northumberland at the Ulster Museum. The objects include an iron sword, an iron spear-head and ferrule, a bronze…

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Advertising outside kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo. The posters feature the Gjermundbu helmet, treasure and a sword, thus evoking the Viking Age very strongly. The Viking Age exhibits within the museum are diverse, but the advertising focuses only on…

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Finds from a burial at Nordre Fevang. They include an 'Vlfberht' sword, a spearhead, an axe, arrowheads and a shield boss.

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A sword, axe, spearhead, fish hook, whetstone and other artefacts found during excavations in the 1930s at Kaupang in Skiringssal.

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The Gilling Sword was found in a stream in Gilling West in 1976. It is on display at The Yorkshire Museum, York.

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The Bedale hoard was found in 2012. It consists of gold and silver items, and an inlaid gold sword hilt. These images were taken at The Yorkshire Museum in York

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Scales and other finds from a site near Steinkjer in Norway show that this was an important trading town. These are the first finds in the area to confirm what is written in the sagas.

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A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.

An Vlfberht sword
An account in The Guardian (27 December 2008) discusses how a modern collector had taken a sword thought to be made by the famous smith Ulfberht to the Wallace Collection, where it was found to be a fake. The sword was not of the same high quality as…

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Miniature sword has been found in trade emporium in Hedeby / Haithabu.

This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.

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Hilt of the one from three swords, which were found in Busdorf (Germany) situated in the west of Hedeby. This sword belong to the type S according to Petersen classification (Petersen J. 1919. De Norske Vikingesverd. En typologisk-kronologisk studie…

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Swords on display at the Historisk museum, Oslo. Various dates (from the eighth to the tenth century) and various locations in Norway.

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Sixth-century pommel with ring from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo

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The Ytri-Ásar sword was found by hunters at Ytri-Ásar in southern Iceland in 2016. It is being conserved now and was on display briefly when this photograph was taken.
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