Scandinavian 150 The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Age

Scandinavian 150

The Vikings and the Nordic Heroic Age

Iconic images of the Vikings?

square sailtall stem and stern postsoarslots of rigging

picture stone from Hejnum Riddare, Gotland

Tune Ship Burial, ca 900; excavated 1867

The Gokstad shipexcavation 1880Norway

Replica at the Chicago World Fair 1893

Ladby Ship-Burial at Hedeby, 1934-6, 10th c.

Oseberg Ship BurialNorwayexcavated 1904-5ca 834, 2 female human skeletons,14 horses, 1 ox and 3 dogs

The Ladby ship, exc. 1936

The Skuldelev ships, excavated 1962

Roskilde 6, excavated 1997, longest Viking ship so far discovered; after 1025

Clinker-builtViking ships

Viking Ship Museum at Roskilde, Denmark

Yes!NavigableReconstructions!

different types of ships:

Helge AskSkuldelev 5, original ca. 1040

Kraka FyrSkuldelev 6, ca. 1030fishing and cargo vessel

OssarSkuldelev 1, ca. 1030Ocean-going trader, knarr

Roar EdgeSkuldelev 3, ca. 1030a small trader around Denmark and in the Baltic

Estrid, original ca. 1130-1150a small farm boat, transport for cargo or people

JohannaA ship’s boat (from the Gokstad Ship, Norway)original ca.895served to ferry people and cargo to and from the larger ship

Skuldelev 2, the second longest longship so far discovered

= The Sea Stallion of Glendalough

http://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/index.php?id=1089&no_cache=1&L=1

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6248978.stm

Roskilde 6longest longship so farexcavated/discovered