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===Norway (2,500+)===
:*{{ListRef|Petersen 1919}}
::Petersen catalogued 1440 swords and created a typology that is still the primary typology today.
::Ax8; ''Sp1x2;'' Bx22; Cx110; Dx11; Ex31; Fx18; Gx4; ''Sp2x1; Sp3x1; Sp4x2; Sp5x1; Sp6x1; Sp7x1;'' Hx213; Ix16; Kx13; ''Sp8x1; Sp9x1; Sp10x1; Sp11x1; Sp12x1;'' Lx14; Mx198; ''Sp13x2; Sp14x1; Sp15x1; Sp16x1;'' Nx7; Ox32; Px7; Qx122; Rx8; Sx22; Tx6; Ux8; Vx6; Wx8; Xx49; Yx19; '' Sp17x2; Sp18x2; Sp19x1; Sp20x2;'' Zx6; Æx16; [PETERSEN 1919]
:*''Jakobsson (1992) Krigarideologi och vikingatida svärdstypologi.''
::Jakobsson has categorised 1773 swords from Norway into 6 type. There may be some more that he classed as ''Unclassifiable'' but we don't know how many.
:*{{ListRef|Androshchuk 2014}}
::Androshchuk has catalogued 832 swords from Sweden & Denmark. Below are the finds from modern Sweden excluding Scania (which is included in Denmarks numbers)
::Petersen Types: Sp1x2; Sp2x12; Ax6; Bx29; Cx3; Dx3; Ex41; Fx2; Gx1; H/Ix242; Kx1; Lx7; Mx10; Nx8; Ox3; Qx6; Sx6; Tx1; Vx16; Wx3; Xx36; Yx18; Zx22; Sp1x2; Sp2x11; Untypicalx16; Unknownx139 [ANDROSHCHUK 2014:pp246pp.35-99, 246-267]
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===Iceland (22)===:*''Eldjárn (1956) Kuml og haugfé : úr heiðnum sið á Íslandi '' in Androshchuk 2014 [ANDROSHCHUK 2014:pp189-190]:*''Friðriksson (2000) Viking Burial Practices in Iceland'' in Androshchuk 2014 [ANDROSHCHUK 2014:pp189-190]
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Blade: 37% single-edged. 9% pattern-welded. No inscriptions. [PETERSEN 1919]<br>
Hilt: Plain iron fittings. Tang goes through the upper guard & pommel. Guards are short, high, ridged and slightly bulge in the middle .<br>Origin: Petersen and Androshchuk suggest that this type is Frankish.
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Blade: 61% single-edged. None are pattern-welded. A few with inscriptions in Norwegian runes. [PETERSEN 1919]<br>
Hilt: No separate upper guard. Plain iron fittings. Tang goes through the pommel. Lower guards and pommel are short, high, ridged and of uniform width.<br>
Origin: Petersen and Androshchuk suggest that this is local Scandinavian copy of the Carolingian Type B.<br>Amongst the heaviest of Viking Age swords.
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|<!--Char-->style="text-align:left;" |Blade: <br>Hilt: <br>Origin: Origin: Petersen and Androshchuk suggest that this type is Frankish.
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===Methods of attaching the Pommel===
Geibig has categorised three methods of hilt construction as described by Androshchuk [ANDROSHCHUK 20162014:p.187-188].<br>
====Tang goes through the upper guard and pommel====
''Sword types: B, Sp2.''<br>
This hilt of these swords in constructed in two parts with a separate pommel sitting atop an upper guard.<br>
The tang passes straight through the grip, upper guard and pommel and is then simply peened over.
====Tang goes through the upper guard. Pommel riveted to upper guard====
''Sword types: Sp1, H, K, N.''<br>
The hilt of these swords in constructed in two parts with a separate pommel sitting atop an upper guard.<br>
The tang passes through the upper guard and is then peened over. The separate pommel is then attached by two rivets that are peened over under the upper guard.
====Tang goes through the pommel or upper guard====
''Sword types: C, M, X, Y.''<br>
The hilt of these swords has either a pommel or an upper guard.<br>
The tang passes straight through the grip and pommel, or grip and upper guard, and is then simply peened over.
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===Hilt Materials===
====Hilt fittings of plain iron====The vast majority ''Sword types: A, B, C, F, G, M, N, Q, X, Y, AE.''<br>Many types of sword have fittings that are simply made of plain iron.<br> ====Hilt fittings of inlaid iron====''Sword types: D, E, H, I, K, L, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Z.''<br><br>
====Hilt fittings of copper alloy====
''Sword types: ''<br>
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====Hilt fittings of bone or antler====
MacGregor argues that the ability of bone and antler to withstand even quite savage blows should not be underestimated. [MACGREGOR 1985: p.165]<br>
