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The Hoen hoard, found in 1834 in Øvre Eiker, Buskerud, is probably the most important Viking-period hoard known from Norway. It includes 206 pieces, of which 54 are gold or silver-gilt objects, twenty coins, also of gold, and 132 beads of glass or semi-precious stone. The hoard has not been considered as a whole since 1929 when it was included by Sigurd Grieg in his catalogue of the Viking-period hoards found in Norway. In 1996 Signe Horn Fuglesang and the Centre for Viking and Medieval Studies of the University of Oslo initiated a renewed study of the Hoen hoard drawing on the expertise of scholars in various disciplines. Fourteen authors have contributed to the monograph.