{"id":59098,"date":"2026-05-13T09:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findmykids.org\/blog\/?p=59098"},"modified":"2026-05-13T16:37:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:37:57","slug":"a-first-grader-found-a-viking-sword-in-a-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findmykids.org\/blog\/en\/a-first-grader-found-a-viking-sword-in-a-field","title":{"rendered":"A First-Grader Found a Viking Sword in a Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Henrik Refsnes M\u00f8rtvedt is six years old and in his first year of school in Norway. He was on a class field trip when he spotted something strange sticking out of the ground \u2014 interesting, but impossible to identify.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">He pulled the object from the soil and discovered it was a sword. Archaeologists estimate the find to be approximately 1,300 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The weapon was identified as a single-edged sword \u2014 sharpened on one side only. Swords like this were common across Scandinavia from roughly 550 to 800 AD. The discovery was made in the Hadeland region, a name that translates to &#8220;Land of the Warrior&#8221;. The area has yielded artifacts from the Bronze Age to the early Middle Ages, but a sword found by a six-year-old on a school outing is still a remarkable event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The teachers and children didn&#8217;t try to handle the find themselves \u2014 they called the archaeologists straight away. The regional heritage authority was quick to praise them: &#8220;We are incredibly proud of the children who managed to spot the sword in the field. Well done! 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