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The Oseberg ship (Norwegian: Osebergskipet) is a well-preserved Viking ship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finest artifacts to have survived from the Viking Age .
Gabriel Adolf Gustafson Oseberg ship. Gabriel Adolf Gustafson (8 August 1853 – 16 April 1915) was a Swedish-Norwegian archaeologist. He was responsible for the excavation and conservation of the Oseberg Ship (Osebergfunnet) . [1] [2]
Haakon Shetelig c. 1940 Bergen Museum of Natural History. Haakon Shetelig (June 25, 1877 – July 22, 1955) was a Norwegian archaeologist, historian and museum director.He was a pioneer in archaeology known for his study of art from the Viking Age in Norway.
The Oseberg tapestry is a fragmentary tapestry, discovered within the Viking Oseberg ship burial in Norway. The tapestry (dated to about 834 AD ) [ 1 ] is 16 to 23 centimeters in width, but the full length is unknown.
The museum is most famous for the completely whole Oseberg ship, excavated from the largest known ship burial in the world. Other main attractions at the Viking Ship Museum are the Gokstad ship and Tune ship. Additionally, the Viking Age display includes sledges, beds, a horse cart, wood carving, tent components, buckets and other grave goods. [3]
Viking burial scene, Dublinia Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway Norse funerals, or the burial customs of Viking Age North Germanic Norsemen (early medieval Scandinavians), are known both from archaeology and from historical accounts such as the Icelandic sagas and Old Norse poetry.
The ship is spacious, with a full deck across its interior, and is large enough for a crew of thirty to forty men. [21] Excavation of the Oseberg Ship burial mound in Norway. Another well preserved viking ship, The Oseberg Ship– from Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold, Norway, was found in 1904 by Gabriel Gustafson. [24]
The Ladby ship. The Ladby ship is a major ship burial at the village of Ladby near Kerteminde in Denmark. It is of the type also represented by the boat chamber grave of Hedeby and the ship burials of Oseberg, Borre, Gokstad and Tune in South Norway, all of which date back to the 9th and 10th centuries.