The Hoen treasure or Hon hoard (Norwegian: Hoenskatten or Hon-funnet) is a late-ninth-century hoard now preserved in the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, as one of the most important Scandinavian finds of precious objects from the Viking period.[1] The treasure, comprising 207 pieces in total, including 54 gold or silver-gilt objects, 20 coins, and 132 beads variously of glass or stone, was discovered by a farm worker at Hokksund in the county of Buskerud, south-eastern Norway, in 1834.[2] During the Second World War, the collection was hidden from the German occupiers of Norway in Fagernes.[1] The disparate origins of the items in the hoard, some of which were exhibited internationally in 1980, reflect Viking-age Norway's connections to Western Europe and the Middle East.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Viking Gold: Treasure Politics since 1800". Viking Gold Project. 2025.
  2. ^ "The Hoen hoard". The Smithsonian. 2006.
  3. ^ James Graham-Campbell and Dafydd Kidd, The Vikings (London: The British Museum, 1980), pp. 33, 158.