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Let \(r\geq 0\) be an integer number and \(\omega: \mathbb{R}_+\to \mathbb{R}_+\) a concave modulus of continuity. One considers the following classes of functions: \[ W^r H^\omega[a, b]:= \{x\in C^r[a,b]: \omega(x^{(r)}; t)\leq \omega(t), t\in [0,b- a]\}, \] \(H^\omega[a, b]:= W^0 H^\omega[a, b]\) and \(H^\omega_\tau[a, b]:= \{x\in H^\omega[a, b], x(\tau)= 0\}\). Let \(\Psi:[a, b]\to \mathbb{R}\) be an integrable function having a finite number of changes of sign. An extremal function for the problem \[ \int^b_a h(t) \Psi(t) dt\to \sup, \] \(h\in H^\omega_a[a,b]\) is called by the author a perfect \(\omega\)-spline. The aim of this paper is to study the properties of these functions. The main result is the proof of the existence of a Chebyshevian \(\omega\)-spline having a fixed norm and a given number of alternation points (Theorem 3.1).