{"id":430,"date":"2022-02-11T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/?p=430"},"modified":"2022-02-11T14:11:11","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T13:11:11","slug":"viking-cooperation-between-norway-and-ukraine%ef%bf%bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osebergvikingarv.no\/eng\/2022\/02\/11\/viking-cooperation-between-norway-and-ukraine%ef%bf%bc\/","title":{"rendered":"Viking cooperation between\u00a0Norway and Ukraine\ufffc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This years Viking festival will take place on August 11. \u2013 14. The historic links between Norway and Ukraine will be a central theme.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Ukraine
Ukraine is proud of its Viking inheritance, something they have celebrated on stamps. This one with an unmistakable profile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Norwegian king Harald Hardrada (1015-1066) married the Ukrainian princess Ellisiv (Elizaveta\/Elisabeth) in Kyiv in 1045. This was on his return journey from Constantinople, where he had served with the Emperor\u00b4s bodyguard for a number of years and amassed great fortune. Ellisiv was the daughter of Jaroslav the Wise, ruler of the Kyiv-Rus realm. Her image can be seen to this day, in a mosaic inside Kyiv\u00b4s wonderful St Sophia cathedral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The marriage is yet only one example of the close ties between Scandinavia and the Kyiv kingdom during the Viking age and later. Several Norwegian kings spent shorter or longer periods in the city. We shall learn more about these ties during this year\u00b4s festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Celebrated guests: <\/strong>We\u00b4ve long established good relations with Ukraine\u00b4s Embassy in Oslo, as well as with the Ukrainian Club in Eastern Norway. Its members have taken part in previous festivals as well as our Christmas market, adding an exotic touch with their songs, music, traditional costumes and handicrafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year we will receive visitors from the \u201cViking establishment\u201d in the town Ivano-Frankivsk, where they are building two boats; one Viking and the other a Ukrainian boat typical of the period. The latter is to be transported by ship and road to the festival, compliments of a Ukrainian logistics company. The boat is 13 meters long, two meters broad and weighs 2 tons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exchange of knowledge: <\/strong>Some time during the next few months one of our boat builders will visit Ivano-Frankivsk to share his knowledge on Viking boat building. Alexandr Smyk is a Ukrainian citizen himself living in Norway, and has for two years been employed by us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What names the two boats will be given?\u00a0Harald Hardrada<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Ellisiv<\/em>, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Models
Models of the two boats that are being built in Ivano-Frankivsk. Volodymyr Ilkiv (to the left) is leader of the foundation Roads of Ancestors. He and Volodymyr Matkovskyl have visited our Viking shipyard in Tonsberg previously, and will return for the Viking festival on August 11. \u2013 14.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\"en_GB\"\/<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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