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title: Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland
author: Brandon M. Bender
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21118/sword-monument-in-qooqqut-greenland/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2025-10-17
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# Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland

_Authored by [Brandon M. Bender](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/brandonmbender/)_

## Image File

[![Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21118.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21118.jpg)

## Image Caption

Sword monument in Qooqqut, Greenland, photograph by Brandon M. Bender, 11 September 2025.

This modern "sword in the stone" [sculpture](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Sculpture/) in Qooqqut stands near the site of the Norse farm V25 in the Western Settlement, a group of communities and farms established around the turn of the first millennium. The Norse site is also known as NKAH 1423.

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## About the Author

Brandon M. Bender's work on early medieval England has appeared in peer reviewed publications (The Year’s Work in Medievalism and Rounded Globe) and publications for wider audiences (Medieval World, Epoch History Magazine, Camedieval, and others).

## Cite This Work

### APA
Bender, B. M. (2025, October 17). Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21118/sword-monument-in-qooqqut-greenland/>
### Chicago
Bender, Brandon M.. "Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 17, 2025. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21118/sword-monument-in-qooqqut-greenland/>.
### MLA
Bender, Brandon M.. "Sword Monument in Qooqqut, Greenland." *World History Encyclopedia*, 17 Oct 2025, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21118/sword-monument-in-qooqqut-greenland/>.

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