Forged Vlfberht Swords
News media coverage of . . Viking swords
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2008/dec/27/archaeology-vikings-sword" target="_blank">An account in The Guardian</a> (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 the genuine swords from Ulfberht's forge. This led to further analysis of other swords, and the discovery that many were not of the high quality associated with the Ulfberht swords. Clearly there was a lot of forgery going on.
Maev Kennedy
The Guardian
The Guardian
27/12/2008
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Viking Age, Europe, Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden, Denmark.
Illustration of twelfth-century 'Smalls Reef' sword guard
Illustration-Weaponry
An illustration of a sword-guard recovered by a diver near Smalls Reef near Skomer island in Wales, and dating to c. 1100-1125. It is decorated with typical Insular Urnes style motifs.
Annemari Ferreira
The Vikings in Munster, p. 8.
Languages, Myths and Finds Project
2014
Annemari Ferreira
(c) Annemari Ferreira. Public domain.
<em>The Vikings in Munster</em>
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ISBN 9780853583004
Irish Sea
Late Viking-Age
Wales
An Post stamp featuring a Viking sword
Stamp
An Post stamp issued in 2014 to celebrate the Battle of Clontarf anniversary, and depicting a tenth-century Viking sword from Christchurch Place, Dublin. The background is an image from the Annals of the Four Masters.
An Post
<a href="http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/2014/Celebrating+Irelands+Viking+Heritage.htm">http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/2014/Celebrating+Irelands+Viking+Heritage.htm</a>
An Post
2014
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English
Irish
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http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/MainContent/About+An+Post/Media+Centre/Press+Releases/2014/Celebrating+Irelands+Viking+Heritage.htm
Ireland
Viking sword in the Hunt Museum
An iron Viking sword with a short blade and a T-shape hilt, 9th or 10th century.
HCA 637
http://www.huntmuseum.com/collection/collection-items/hca-637.aspx
Unknown
The Hunt Museum
The World-Tree Project
2016
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HCA 637
Viking Age
Chape with Jellinge style decoration
Scabbard chape
Openwork chape with Jellinge style decoration found at Coppergate, York. Now in The Yorkshire Museum. More information can be found at http://www.yorkmuseumstrust.org.uk/
York Museums Trust
York Museums Trust
York Museums Trust
13/05/2016
Karen Holgate
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10th century, York, Coppergate, Yorkshire, England
The Bedale Hoard at The Yorkshire Museum
Museum exhibits
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
RDale
RDale
RDale
17/05/2016
RDale
RDale
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9th century, 10th century, Viking Age, Bedale, York, Yorkshire
Sixth-century pommel with ring in the Historisk museum, Oslo
Artefact
Sixth-century pommel with ring from Åker, Vang in Hedemark dating to around the year 600. On display in the Historisk museum, Oslo
Gerard (Panda) Terry
<a href="http://www.khm.uio.no/besok-oss/historisk-museum/" target="_blank">Historisk museum</a>
Gerard (Panda) Terry
2013
Gerard (Panda) Terry
(c) Gerard (Panda) Terry. Public domain.
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Norway
Pre-Viking Age
Viking swords on display in the Historisk museum, Oslo
Swords
Swords on display at the Historisk museum, Oslo. Various dates (from the eighth to the tenth century) and various locations in Norway.
Gerard (Panda) Terry
<a href="http://www.khm.uio.no/besok-oss/historisk-museum/" target="_blank">Historisk museum</a>
Gerard (Panda) Terry
2013
Gerard (Panda) Terry
(c) Gerard (Panda) Terry. Public domain.
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Norway
Viking Age
The Gilling Sword
Archaeological artefact
The Gilling Sword was found in a stream in Gilling West in 1976. It is on display at The Yorkshire Museum, York.
RDale
RDale
RDale
17/05/2016
RDale
RDale
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9th century, Viking Age, York, Gilling West, Yorkshire, England, The Yorkshire Museum
Objects found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum.
Archaeological artefacts
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 pin and a bone or antler comb.
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
25/05/2016
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
http://nmni.com/
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/items/show/418
10th century, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Viking Age
Iron sword found in a male Viking grave near Larne in 1840, at the Ulster Museum.
Archaeological artefacts
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.
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
25/05/2016
Sofie Vanherpen
Sofie Vanherpen
http://nmni.com/
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/items/show/419
10th century, Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Viking Age
News: Hiker finds Viking sword
News story
A hiker found a Viking sword when he sat down to rest after a short fishing trip.
The Local
http://www.thelocal.no/20151021/hiker-finds-1300-yr-old-viking-sword
The Local Europe AB
30/10/2015
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http://www.uib.no/en/universitymuseum/93408/viking-age-sword-found-haukeli
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English
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http://www.thelocal.no/20151021/hiker-finds-1300-yr-old-viking-sword
Norway, Norge, Viking Age, 8th century, Haukeli, Hordaland
Viking Age Sword from Haukeli
Archaeological artefact
During a fishing trip in 2012, Gøran Olsen discovered something between stones at Haukeli. The find is now at the University Museum, and appeared to be a single-edged Viking sword with an estimated date in the first half of the Viking Age (c.800-950).
The find spot is located in the mountains, along an old route between Eastern and Western Norway. Viking Age single-edged swords area particularly frequent in Western Norway, most often in graves, but this example is particularly well preserved. Viking Age graves in the mountains are rare, especially in this area, although one of the most numerous Iron Age grave fields is located not far away, in Røldal. Viking Age graves would normally be located closer to the farm.
The sword will be treated by the University Museum for a few months and eventually displayed in the Viking Age exhibitions. The find spot will be further investigated, hopefully to reveal some of the history behind its rare location and to find out if it came from a grave or not. This will provide information on the exploitation of this mountain area in the Viking Age. The investigations will probably take place during 2016, when the snow is gone.
Universitetsmuseet i Bergen
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05/11/2015
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfxhN-19GPw
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English
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnJgr5gqqcU
Viking Age, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Norge, Haukeli
Nyheter: Fant 1.300 år gamle båter, sverd og smykker
News: 1300-year old boats, swords and jewellery found
News
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. One grave contained swords and military gear, while another was a woman's grave with a large and expensive brooch, and colourful beads.
Susanne Lysvold
https://www.nrk.no/nordland
NRK
16/05/2016
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NRK
https://www.nrk.no/nordland/fant-1.300-ar-gamle-bater_-sverd-og-smykker-1.12941508
https://www.nrk.no/nordland/fant-1.300-ar-gammel-bat-1.11093896
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Norwegian (Bokmål)
Norsk
Hyperlink
https://www.nrk.no/nordland/fant-1.300-ar-gamle-bater_-sverd-og-smykker-1.12941508
Norway, Norge, Nordland, Bitterstad, Late pre-Viking Iron Age, Merovingian period, Vendel period, Merovingertiden
News: Fant skålvekt fra vikingtiden
News: Scales from the Viking Age found
News
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.
Nancy Bazilchuk
http://www.norark.no/
Norark
04/09/2013
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Norark
http://www.norark.no/
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Norwegian (Bokmål)
Norsk
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http://www.norark.no/innsikt/fant-skalvekt-fra-vikingtiden/
Norge, Norway, Viking Age, Steinkjer, Trøndelag
Viking Swords in Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo
Swords, Medieval
A selection of Viking Age swords on display at the Kulturhistorisk museum in Oslo, Norway.
Megan Arnott
Megan Arnott
Megan Arnott
12/07/2016
Megan Arnott
Megan Arnott
http://www.khm.uio.no/
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No linguistic content
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/835
Viking Age, Vikingtid, Oslo, Norway, Norge
News: Arsene Wenger raised Viking sword aloft before friendly in Norway after managers exchanged gifts
Sports
Arsene Wenger was given a replica Viking sword as a gift before a match with Viking FK.
Will Griffee
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/
Daily Mail Online
05/08/2016
Marius Hollenga
Daily Mail Online
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English
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3726021/Arsene-Wenger-raised-Viking-sword-aloft-friendly-Norway-managers-exchanged-gifts.htm
Modern
The Sæbø sword
Swords
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.
The Vintage News
The Vintage News
The Vintage News
04/08/2016
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The Vintage News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A6b%C3%B8_sword
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English
Hyperlink
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/08/04/priority-saebo-sword-9th-century-viking-sword-swastika-inscription/
Sæbø, Vikøyri, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway, Norge, Viking Age, 9th Century
Viking sword in the collections of the MAA, Cambridge
Weapons
Well-preserved Viking-Age Sword in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Photo taken during the Languages, Myths and Finds workshop on handling artefacts. More information about this item forthcoming.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge
The World-Tree Project
2014
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1360
Viking Age
England
Swords in the collections of the MAA, Cambridge
Weapons
Swords (Viking-Age) in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge. Photo taken during the Languages, Myths and Finds workshop on handling artefacts. More information about this item forthcoming.
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge
The World-Tree Project
2014
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CC NC BY. Please credit the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge
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http://www.worldtreeproject.org/document/1361
Viking Age
England