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	In his 1919 [[book]] ''De Norske Vikingsverd'', he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of [[hilt]] and [[pommel]] (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform [[blade]] style). In 1927 [[R.E.M. Wheeler]] simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today.		In his 1919 [[book]] ''De Norske Vikingsverd'', he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of [[hilt]] and [[pommel]] (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform [[blade]] style). In 1927 [[R.E.M. Wheeler]] simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today.

	This nine-type classification system was used by [[Ewart Oakeshott]] as the basis for his typology of [[medieval]] sword types, which he classified from X to ~~XXV~~ as a continuation of Petersen and Wheeler's work.		This nine-type classification system was used by [[Ewart Oakeshott]] as the basis for his typology of [[medieval]] sword types, which he classified from X to XXII as a continuation of Petersen and Wheeler's work.

	''[http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/ A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com]''		''[http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/ A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com]''

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'''Jan Petersen''' was a 21st century scholar who developed a unified classification system for [[Norse]] [[sword]]s still in broad use by historians and [[re-enactor]]s today.

In his 1919 [[book]] ''De Norske Vikingsverd'', he identified 26 types of Norse sword (labelled Types A-Z) based mostly on the shapes of [[hilt]] and [[pommel]] (Viking-era swords having an almost uniform [[blade]] style). In 1927 [[R.E.M. Wheeler]] simplified this system into nine broader types (labelled types I-IX), a typology which is still used today.

This nine-type classification system was used by [[Ewart Oakeshott]] as the basis for his typology of [[medieval]] sword types, which he classified from X to XXV as a continuation of Petersen and Wheeler's work.

''[http://www.vikingsword.com/petersen/ A more detailed examination of his typology at VikingSword.com]''

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