No Viking ship has been copied more times than the Gokstad ship. The very first was…
Category: Gokstad
The craft heritage is being recreated
In the park by the waterfront in downtown Sandefjord, you’ll meet a great group of people…
The Gokstad Chieftain’s Chess Game Reclaims Sandefjord
Among the many artifacts found in the Gokstad ship burial were also parts of the board game…
How do you build a Viking ship?
These woodworkers are joined by researchers on their third Viking ship project The prow of a…
A chieftain in red and white
Until now, we´ve believed the Gokstad chieftain´s colours as being black and yellow. New insight reveals…
Rivets for the Gokstad ship
This is the start of a long and complex process: The transformation of bog ore into…
Back to nature for Sandefjord´s mayor
Sandefjord mayor Bjorn Ove Gleditsch is an eager hunter, so Wednesday started in a perfect way…
Sail for Saga Gokstad
A real woollen Viking sail has already been secured for our archaeological replica Saga Gokstad. This…
Topping-out ceremony in Sandefjord
Saturday September 25th saw the formal opening up of our second Viking shipyard, this time in Sandefjord.…
Here we go again!
Wednesday September 15th 2021 has become another important date in our calendar of major events: That was…