{{MajorRef|Peirce 2002}}
A large number of swords from the Viking Age have been found including at least 2,500 double-edged just from Norway [STALSBERG ND:p.8].
==Previous Published Research==
A large number of swords from the Viking Age have been found including at least 2,500 double-edged just from Norway [STALSBERG ND:p.8]. These swords have been well studied over the last century although surprisingly very few changes have been made to Petersen’s original work based on sword hilt styles found in Norway and published in 1919 [PETERSEN 1919]. <br>
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*1919 Petersen: Devised the original hilt typology of 26 types that is still widely used across Europe for classifying and dating Viking swords. Based on finds of Viking swords in Norway this typology remains the most commonly used.
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*1927 Wheeler: Created a simplified typology of sword hilts based on finds from Britain.
:*{{ListRef|Wheeler 1927}}