{"id":1141,"date":"2025-07-29T11:38:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:38:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:38:44","slug":"follow-steinars-lead-become-a-gokstad-sponsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/2025\/07\/29\/follow-steinars-lead-become-a-gokstad-sponsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Follow Steinar\u2019s Lead \u2013 BECOME A GOKSTAD SPONSOR!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Steinar Hvitstein was quick off the mark and became the first sponsor of rowing chests for the new Gokstad ship. Now he\u2019s challenging other Sandefjord patriots to do the same.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Text and photo by Einar Chr. Erlingsen<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steinar didn\u2019t just sponsor one rowing chest\u2014he went for two at once: one as a personal contribution and the other through his company, Nytbyn AS. \u201cThe Gokstad ship is Sandefjord\u2019s magnificent contribution to the world\u2019s cultural heritage, so of course I want to support this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring an exact replica home to Sandefjord,\u201d Steinar says. \u201cNothing against GAIA, but it\u2019s owned by the municipality and has been promised on long-term loan to the planned Viking park near the Gokstad mound.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With a smile, he also points out the friendly rivalry between Sandefjord and T\u00f8nsberg:
\u201cT\u00f8nsberg got sponsors for all 28 rowing chests for the Oseberg ship. Now we\u2019ve got the
chance to beat that\u2014because Gokstad had 32 rowers!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOK 10,000 per chest<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although only one rowing chest was found on the Oseberg ship and none on the Gokstad ship, historians believe there would have been one for every rower. This was a practical necessity\u2014you simply can\u2019t row seated directly on the deck. Each chest likely served both as a seat and as a small personal locker for the rower. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sponsors won\u2019t get to keep the chests\u2014they\u2019ll be used on board the new Gokstad ship. But each chest will carry a brass nameplate acknowledging the sponsor. The price is NOK 10,000 per chest, with a few larger commander\u2019s chests available for NOK 20,000. Steinar Hvitstein has already claimed one of those, so you\u2019ll have to act fast!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWe need sponsors to build the new Gokstad ship,\u201d says site manager Roger Pande L\u00f8vall
(left), pictured here with the first sponsor, Steinar Hvitstein.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProfessor-made\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rowing chests are mainly being crafted by our skilled volunteers at the Sandefjord Viking Park. One of them is Svein Solberg, a professor affiliated with NIBIO (the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research), who\u2019s been volunteering at the build site for the past three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Svein has a holiday home nearby and combines holidays with a few days of hands-on timber work every month. No surprise there\u2014his academic field is wood science! He and the team at Oseberg Vikingarv have already completed a joint research project on splitting oak.<\/p>\n\n\n

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No shortage of effort in the summer heat as Svein Solberg wields his axe on the timber that
will eventually become a rowing chest for the new Gokstad ship.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Want to sponsor a chest?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, get in touch with Roger Pande L\u00f8vall at the Sandefjord build site: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phone: +47 900 32 920
Mail: \u00a0roger.p.lovall@gmail.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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