An 8-year-old girl has become an international darling after her unexpected find — a pre-Viking-era sword that she pulled up from a lake in Sweden. Saga Vanecek was helping her father, a ...

In July 2018, another 8-year-old girl, Saga Vanecek, uncovered an Iron Age sword in a Swedish lake, leading locals and news outlets alike to dub her the “Queen of Sweden” in reference to the ...

While on summer vacation at a lake near Tånnö, Sweden, Saga Vanecek, then 8 years old, plucked a long, rust- and sediment-covered object from the lakebed. It had been there for quite a while — as much ...

Saga Vanecek -- because of course her name is Saga -- unearthed the sword in Tånnö, Sweden while skipping rocks. She told the Local that she found "some kind of stick." SEE ALSO: What I learned ...

Jeremy Peter "The Chexican-Chex" Vanecek, 37, passed away peacefully at his home on Wednesday, February 6. Visitation will be held from 5-7 pm Sunday with a rosary service at 7pm at Memorial ...

I did! It’s incredible. What happened with that? She [Saga Vanecek] gave the sword and scabbard to a local museum to preserve. Their archaeologists concluded via carbon dating that it’s from ...

The sword will be put on exhibit at a museum in Sweden. Photo: Andrew Vanecek Saga Vanecek, the girl who pulled a pre-Viking era sword from a Swedish lake, is now being rewarded for her efforts – and ...

Some clams, a few rocks or an ancient sword? That is exactly what happened to eight-year old Saga Vanecek when she was playing in Sweden’s Vidostern lake last summer. Vanecek first thought the ...

Saga Vanecek, who lives with her family in Sweden after spending the first seven years of her life in Minnesota, pulled the 33-inch sword from the bottom of the murky lake, held it up in the air ...

Saga Vanecek discovered a wood and metal sword, estimated to be 1,500 years old, while searching for rocks near her family's cabin in southern Sweden over the summer. When she found the 33-inch ...

8-year-old Saga Vanecek is just doing what most 8-year-olds do—swimming, hanging out with her dad, and casually fulfilling the prophecy of a certain King Arthur. (What's that? You made the Honor ...

But, at least for today, we can all take some joy in this singular very good thing that exists on the web: An op-ed written by Saga Vanecek, the 8-year-old girl who pulled a 1,500-year-old sword ...