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Guðrún and Helgi in Laxdæla Saga
From Laxdæla Saga: "Guðrún was dressed in a kirtle of rám-stuff, and a tight-fitting woven bodice, a high bent coif on her head, and she had tied a scarf round her with dark-blue stripes, and fringed at the ends. Helgi Harðbeinsson went up to…
Short documentary about the 'Viking' reconstructed ship and its voyage to America
Documentary about the replica of the Gokstad ship that crossed the Atlantic in the late nineteenth century. For more information, see http://www.vikingship.us/bps_documentary.htm
Logo of Friends of the Viking Ship
The logo of 'Friends of the Viking Ship' which aims to "to facilitate the preservation of the 1893 Viking Ship as an important artifact from the Columbian Exposition, and to advocate its public display in a permanent museum setting with adequate…
Draken Harald Hårfagre in New York
The ship, an imaginative reconstruction of a large ocean-going ship based on saga accounts, rather than following the model of a ship find. It was built in Hagesund, Norway, between 2010 and 2012 and funded by Sigurd Aase. It recently completed a…
Dragon Harald Fairhair Under Construction
Dragon Harald Fairhair. May 2011 Working with 17th strake. The ship, an imaginative reconstruction of a large ocean-going ship based on saga accounts, rather than following the model of a ship find. It was built in Hagesund, Norway, between 2010 and…
Skuldelev 3 on display in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde
The well-preserved viking ship Skuldelev 3, a small cargo vessel dating to c. 1040 and probably used for trade and transport in Danish waters and the Baltic. It is on permanent display in the Viking Ship Museum, Roskilde, and was reconstructed as…
Finds from a Priestess' Grave
Finds from a vǫlva's grave in Köpingsvik, Öland. There is an 82 cm long wand of iron with bronze details and a unique model of a house on the top. There is also a pitcher from Persia or Central Asia, and a West European bronze bowl. Dressed in a…
Sea Stallion Reconstructed Viking Ship in medium swell
The reconstructed Viking ship 'Sea Stallion from Glendalough' in good wind and medium swell in the Kattegat, July 2015. For more information see…
Parrel from a Viking ship in the National Museum of Ireland
A parrel of oak which was used to help hold the yard to the mast and aid with lowering and raising the sail. Used on a medium sized ship. From Wood Quay excavations.
Breasthook of a Viking ship in the National Museum of Ireland
Breasthook from the bow of a boat or ship from excavations in Fishamble Street in Dublin. Dated between the tenth and twelfth century.
Viking Age Drawings of Ships in the National Museum of Ireland
Various drawings of Viking ships, including one with a small figure in the rigging, from Viking Age Dublin.
Valkyrie figure from Tjørnehøj
A silver gilt Valkyrie or shieldmaiden figure from Tjørnehøj in Denmark.
Galgebakken Fibula
A silver fibula in the form of a woman with a shield and sword. This has been identified as a Valkyrie, although it may be a shieldmaiden.
The Nydam Boat in Gottorf Castle
Image of the Nydam Boat found in Nydam Bog in southern Jutland, Denmark and now on display in Gottorf Castle. The boat dates to c. 310-320, and is the earliest ship find in Scandinavia, as well as the earliest example of a clinker-built boat yet…
The Stora Hammars I image stone
One of four early Viking-Age picture stones from Stora Hammars in Gotland, featuring scenes of battle, and imagery interpreted as having a mythical or religious referent. Dated to c. 550 - 799AD.For a series of high res images, see…
The Reconstructed Viking Ship 'Viking' at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago
One of the earliest reconstructions, the 'Viking' is a replica of the Gokstad ship and was built in Framnes Shipyard in Sandefjord, Norway in 1892-93. It sailed across the Atlantic to the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The Viking is now…
Bronze-Age rock carvings of ships from Solbakk, Norway
Bonze-Age depictions of ships from Solbakk, Rogaland, Norway. For a higher resolution image, see http://www.unimus.no/foto/imageviewer.html#/?id=14105910&type=jpeg
Gilt bronze horse from a wind vane of a ship in Nationalmuseet, Danmark
An animal figurine found in Lolland, originally from a wind-vane (or prow ornament) on a ship. Dating to c. 1000 AD. For a higher-resolution image see http://samlinger.natmus.dk/DMR/167919
Viking-Age ship brooch in Nationalmuseet, Danmark
A plate brooch representing a prowed ship, from a Viking-Age grave inLillevang in Bornholm, Denmark.For a higher-resolution image see http://samlinger.natmus.dk/DO/2000
Miniature sword from Hedeby
Miniature sword has been found in trade emporium in Hedeby / Haithabu.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.
This find is a part of permanent exhibition in Hedeby Viking Museum / Wikinger Museum Haithabu.