Viking sword found in grave in central Norway


Aug 27, 2020

During the Viking Age – probably sometime in the 800s-900s – a man died in the village we call Vinjeøra today, south of Trøndelag county in Norway. He was buried with a full set of weapons: axe, spear, shield and sword.

Some 1100 years later, archaeologist Astrid Kviseth bends over his grave and painstakingly cleans his sword. Soon she will pick it up from the ground and become the first person to hold it in her hands since Viking times.

We’ll come back to that in a moment.

First we need to talk more about the man who once owned this sword.

https://partner.sciencenorway.no/arc...norway/1733656