{"id":115,"date":"2021-01-22T13:37:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T12:37:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2021-12-07T15:43:28","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T14:43:28","slug":"scandinavias-oldest-sailing-ship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/the-oseberg-ship\/the-oseberg-find-in-short\/scandinavias-oldest-sailing-ship\/","title":{"rendered":"Scandinavia\u00b4s oldest sailing ship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Oseberg find is the richest burial find from the Viking Age. It includes the Oseberg Ship, the oldest known sailing vessel in Scandinavia. The ship was originally built in Western Norway in AD 820 and buried 14 years later in the Slagen Valley outside T\u00f8nsberg.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The skeletons of two women were discovered during the excavations, along with skeletons of horses, dogs and oxen. The rich grave find also included much equipment needed by the two women in the next world. Many consider the well-preserved Oseberg Ship to be the most beautiful of all known Viking ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The original ship is currently exhibited at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo. You can also see (and board) an exact replica at Vikingodden in T\u00f8nsberg. The Saga Oseberg was built by the Oseberg Viking Heritage Foundation, using Viking Age tools and methods only.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Once more the Oseberg ship can be seen cruising off our coasts.<br>(Photos: Ole Harald Fl\u00e5ten and Nina Killie \u00d8ydvin).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/BOARD-03_2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Oars: 28<\/li><li>Length: 21,5 m<\/li><li>Width: 5,2 m<\/li><li>Crew: 40-45<\/li><li>Rowing speed: 3-4 knots<\/li><li>Sailing speed: 10-12 knots<\/li><li>Sail: 82 sq.m<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/the-oseberg-ship\/the-oseberg-find-in-short\/scandinavias-oldest-sailing-ship\/\" title=\"English\" class=\"current_language\" aria-current=\"page\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/wp-content\/plugins\/multisite-language-switcher\/assets\/flags\/gb.png\" alt=\"en_GB\"\/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oseberg find is the richest burial find from the Viking Age. It includes the Oseberg Ship, the oldest known sailing vessel in Scandinavia. The ship was originally built in&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":146,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-115","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gg_gallery_thumbnail":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ole Harald","author_link":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/author\/ole-harald\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The Oseberg find is the richest burial find from the Viking Age. 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