Vikings of Bjornstad - Viking Ship Museum, Oslo

The Viking Ship museum houses the Gokstad and Oseberg Viking ships, the best-preserved ships in the world from the age of the Vikings. The Gokstad was built from trees felled about 890 AD and the Oseberg burial has been dated to about 834 AD, but the ship may have been built around the year 800. The museum also houses a wide array of Viking artifacts, some of which were part of the Oseberg and Gokstad ship burials. The exhibit is especially known for the many household items buried with two women, one of whom who is believed to have been a queen named Åsa. No one knows which one, however.

The Oseberg Ship	Oseberg bow carving
Deck of the Oseberg. Note there are no rowing benches.	Side of the Oseberg ship. Note how little freeboard there is. This is not an ocean-going vessel.
The Oseberg steering board	Oar racks
Oarlock	The surprisingly modern-looking Oseberg anchor
The Gokstad Ship	Deck of the Gokstad. Note the higher freeboard - and no rowing benches.
Boats, the wooden "funeral" tent from the Gokstad's deck and a tent frame, above.	A telephoto shot of the tent frame
The Oseberg cart. Jack included for scale...	Carvings on the Oseberg cart
Wheel of the Oseberg cart	Top and bottom for a backpack
Riveted cauldron	Beautiful gold belt fittings
Bread-making "tray"	Knife, bowls and platter
Oseberg Pails	Oseberg boots - out of focus
Chest	End of the chest and yarn niddy-noddy
The only Viking saddle found to date	Another view of the saddle