“Green light” for further development

On April 14 Tønsberg city council unanimously decided to go forward with SPIR Architects´ winning concept…

There is light at the other end…

To keep courage and optimism alive during those Covid times can be demanding for us all.…

The scale model is finished!

Just in time for Easter we´ve received great news from the Viking Ship Mueseum in Roskilde,…

The keel oak has arrived

Tuesday march 3rd the almost 18 meters long oak trunk arrived at the building site where it…

Sandefjord building site is taking shape

Regardless of difficulties represented by mud and heavy snowfall, our building site in Sandefjord is finding…

Research project on use of osiers

Thanks to a grant of NOK 25,000 from the Oseberg Fund, we can now go ahead…

Keel tree for Gokstad replica has been felled

We´ve been searching for a keel tree large enough for our Gokstad replica for more than…

Money for the Viking Festival

The Vestfold and Telemark County Council has just granted NOK 75,000 to our annual Viking Festival,…

Viking building almost finished

Our ship builders have not been idle while waiting for building a Gokstad replica. Throughout winter…

There will be two Viking festivals this year

The municipality has granted USD 6,000 as a contribution towards our annual Viking Festival (Aug. 12.-15).…