An 8-year-old Swedish girl swimming in a lake pulled out what she thought was a stick from the bottom – only to find out it was actually an ancient, pre-Viking sword.

An eight-year-old girl has discovered a pre-Viking-era sword in a Swedish lake, prompting locals to name her the “Queen of Sweden.” CNN values your feedback 1.

(CNN) --An eight-year-old girl has discovered a pre-Viking-era sword in a Swedish lake, prompting locals to name her the "Queen of Sweden." Swedish-American Saga Vanecek found the ancient artifact ...

An 8-year-old girl made a fantastic discovery playing in a Swedish lake: a pre-Viking era sword. Saga Vanecek, a Swedish-American girl, pulled the 33-inch sword from the bottom of the lake, held ...

An 8-year-old girl who heroically pulled an ancient Viking sword from a lake in Sweden, will likely receive her very own handmade version of the weapon to remember the fateful day she became a ...

A Viking Ulfberht sword originating from Russia, and dating back to 900 A.D. to 1000 A.D., is displayed at the “Vikings: Life and Legend” exhibition at the British Museum in London, on March 4 ...

This photo taken in July 2018 and released by the Jonkopings lans Museum on Friday, Oct. 5 2018 shows a pre-Viking era sword in Jonkopings, Sweden.

An 8-year-old girl who grew up in the Twin Cities and now lives in Sweden made the discovery of a lifetime earlier this summer while skipping rocks in a Swedish lake: a 1,500-year-old pre-Viking ag… ...

Only 20 Viking-age swords have ever been found in the region of Västmanland. Excavating the burial ground in Västmanland has been a two-year project that ended with a bang, archaeologists said.

An 8-year-old girl in Sweden over the summer accidentally discovered a Viking sword estimated to be 1,500 years old, Minnesota Public Radio reported on Thursday.

An 8-year-old girl unexpectedly pulled an Iron Age sword from a Swedish lake — and it happened to be the “first sword of its kind to ever be found in Scandinavia.” Saga Vanecek fo… ...

An 8-year-old girl, originally from Minnesota, made a fantastic discovery playing in a Swedish lake: a pre-Viking era sword. Saga Vanecek, who lives with her family in Sweden after spending seven ...