250px right VikingShipMuseum and the Oseberg Ship. Image Exhibition in VikingShipMuseum, Oslo 01.jpg 250px thumb The Oseberg Ship prow. The VikingShipMuseum Norwegian Vikingskipshuset p Bygd y is located at Bygd y in Oslo , Norway . It is part of the Museum of Cultural History of the University of Oslo , and houses Archaeology archaeological finds from Tune, Norway Tune , Gokstad Sandefjord ... goods . ref http www.definethis.org word VikingShipMuseum 28Oslo 29.html VikingShipMuseumOslo ref It has many Viking ships that have been found, very intact. Its most famous ship is the completely whole Oseberg ship . History In 1913, Swedish professor Gabriel Gustafson proposed a specific building to house Viking Age finds that were discovered at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th ... Bygd C3 B8y Vikingskipshuset p Bygd y Store norske leksikon ref Attractions The main attractions at the VikingShipMuseum are the Oseberg ship , Gokstad ship and Tune ship . Additional the Viking Age ... vikingskipshuset index eng.html VikingShipMuseum website coord 59 54 17.12 N 10 41 4.06 E type landmark display title Category Maritime museums Category Museums in Oslo Category Viking ... of Oslo. An architectural contest was held, and Arnstein Arneberg won. The hall for the Oseberg ship was built with funding from the Parliament of Norway , and the ship was moved from the University ... of Oslo supported a proposal by the Historical museum to move the ships and all the grave goods to a proposed new museum in Bj rvika , Oslo. There has been much debate about this suggestion, both in the museum ... of fire and overcrowding. A risk assessment has been carried out on one side of the Oseberg ship ... 2009 10 27 the viking ships will stay at bygd C3 B8y The Viking ships will probably stay at Bygd y ref See also VikingShipMuseum in Roskilde References Reflist Other sources Br gger, A. W. and Schetelig, H. Osebergfundet Oslo. 1917 Br gger A.W. and Shetelig, H. Vikingskipene deres forgjenger ... more details
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File Vikingeskibsmuseet.JPG thumb 350px VikingShipMuseum in Roskilde The VikingShipMuseum in Roskilde is the Denmark Danish national museum for ships, seafaring and boatbuilding in the Prehistory prehistoric and Middle Ages medieval period. Around the year 1070, five Vikingship s were deliberately sunk at Skuldelev in Roskilde Fjord in order to block the most important fairway and to protect Roskilde from enemy attack from the sea. These ships, later known as the Skuldelev ships , were excavated in 1962. They turned out to be five different types of ships ranging from cargo ships to ships of war. The VikingShipMuseum overlooks Roskilde Fjord and was built in 1969 especially to exhibit the five newly discovered ships. ref http www.bbc.co.uk history ancient vikings dig reports 01.shtml six BBC Ancient history in depth Viking dig reports ref Gallery gallery File Skuldelev II.jpg Skuldelev ships Skuldelev 2 in the museum hall File Roskilde Wiking03.jpg Navigable recontructions of the original ships are built at the museum island gallery See also Ladby ship National Museum of Denmark VikingShipMuseumOsloVikingShipMuseum in Oslo References Reflist External links http www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk VikingShipMuseum website http alexandrerosa.free.fr index.php?spgmGal Voyages Denmark Roskilde VikingShipMuseum Picture Galery Commons and category Vikingeskibsmuseet VikingShipMuseum Roskilde Coord 55 39 0.5 N 12 4 44.2 E display title Category Museums established in 1969 Category Museums in Denmark Category Maritime museums Category Roskilde Category Archaeology of shipwrecks Category Ships preserved in museums Category Viking Age museums Denmark hist stub Denmark museum stub da Vikingeskibsmuseet es Museo de barcos vikingos de Roskilde eu Roskildeko itsasontzi bikingoen museoa it Museo delle navi vichinghe di Roskilde nl Vikingschipmuseum no Vikingskipsmuseet Roskilde ... Viking Roskilde ... more details
Wikingerschiff Oslo.jpg thumb 250px The preserved remains of the Oseberg Ship, now located in the VikingShipMuseumOslo . Only a few Viking ships have been excavated and preserved, the most famous ... Web page about the Gokstad ship excavation http www.khm.uio.no vikingskipshuset english.php The OsloVikingShipMuseum http www.gaia.no Gaia, the Gokstad Ship copy http www.vikingship.ca Munin ...Image Moragsoorm.jpg 300px thumb A modern version of a Vikingship. gay ship is a collective term for ships used during the Viking Age in Northern Europe. Scandinavia n tradition of shipbuilding during the Viking Age was characterized by slender and flexible boats, with symmetrical ends with true keel ... culture for centuries. In fact, the importance of the Vikingship is deeply rooted in Scandinavian ... vessels in the area. Through such cultural and practical significance, the Vikingship progressed into the most ... League . Smaller vessels Karve s were a type of small Vikingship similar to the knarr. They were ... Viking vessels were constructed were rived split from large, old growth trees especially oaks. A ship ..., during the early Viking Age, oar ports replaced rowlocks, allowing oars to be stored while the ship ... approximately 70.8 feet The Tune ship The Skuldelev ships See also Birlinn Cog ship Longship Viking ... resemblance to an overturned Vikingship External links Commons category Viking ships http news.bbc.co.uk ... www.vikingship.org Leif Ericson VikingShip LEVS is a 501 c 3 nonprofit educational organization dedicated ... throughout the world. http www.maritimewood.com building a vikingship 01.html Rebuilding and sailing a Viking Knarr ship http home.exetel.com.au manxman vikings the vikings History of vikings ... The Mariner s Museum Age of exploration http www.osebergvikingskip.no eng New Oseberg Ship Foundation References Reflist DEFAULTSORT VikingShip Category Viking Age Category Boat types Category Ship .... The Development of the Ship In recent generations, the war ship has become the cultural icon of the Vikings ... more details
Image Viking, replica of the Gokstad Vikingship, at the Chicago World Fair 1893.jpg thumb right The Viking ... Postage Stamp featuring the Viking The Viking is an exact ship replica replica of the Gokstad ship , a Vikingship found in a burial mound near Sandefjord , Norway in 1880. The Viking was featured at the World s Columbian Exposition in 1893. The ship was built by the Framn s Mekaniske V rksted R dsverven ... Christen Christensen in Sandefjord. The ship was christened Viking . The Viking was sailed by Captain ... vikingship fro.html Vikingship from 1893 Chicago world s fair begins much needed voyage to restoration Chicago Tribune. June 26, 2008 External links http www.vikingship.us index.htm Friends of the Viking ... Kane County Chronicle Local News and Video for Kane County, Illinois Votes for the Viking Bot generated title ref After the Exposition, the ship was first located beside the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Field Columbian Museum now the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, then restored ... District made it known that the Viking would have to be moved from its location to make room for expansion ... the ship was moved into a warehouse in West Chicago. Afterwards it was moved to Good Templar Park in Geneva, Illinois and secured under a canopy. The head and tail of the Viking are in storage at the Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago . In 2008, stabilization of the ship was begun with funds awarded by American Express in partnership with the National ... for thursnov22,0,666237.story Grant helping put time on Viking boat s side chicagotribune.com Bot generated ... of Viking s thousands of rivets. Images gallery File Viking1 Entrance.png Viking s shelter. File Viking1 ... References http sio.midco.net danstopicalstamps gokstad.htm The Gokstad Ship . Topical Stamps . March 31, 2005 http www.abc.se m10354 bld viking.htm The Viking . by Per kesson. Replicas of Nordic Ships . October 1998 http www.hydeparkhistory.org herald VikingShip.pdf The Viking of Jackson Park by Peter ... more details
located in Lincoln Park , Chicago, Illinois , the Viking is currently undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois , United States . ref Viking Gokstadkopien fra 1893 Viking the Gokstad vikingship replica from 1893 http home.online.no joeolavl vikingviking kopi gokstadskipet.htm ref There are a considerable number of modern reconstructions of Viking Age ships in service around Northern Europe and North America . The VikingShipMuseum Roskilde VikingShipMuseum in Roskilde , Denmark, has ... page.asp?sideid 218&zcs 402 VikingShipMuseum Boat Collection, Roskilde, Denmark http www.sif ege.dk ...Image Viking, replica of the Gokstad Vikingship, at the Chicago World Fair 1893.jpg thumb right 300px The Viking at the World s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, 1893 Vikingship replicas are one of the more common types of ship replica . VikingshipViking , the very first Vikingship replica, was built ... States VikingshipViking Currently located and undergoing conservation in Geneva, Illinois . ref About the Viking Friends of the Vikingship http www.vikingship.us ref Leif Erikson 42 ft, 4 persons ... . ref http www.leiferiksonvikingship.com Leif Erikson VikingShip Restoration Project ref http rholtz.home.texas.net ... based in Texas. http www.hjemkomst center.com ship main.htm The Hjemkomst VikingShip based in Minnesota .... Europe Draken Harald H rfagre Dragon Harald Fairhair ship Dragon Harald Fairhair Haugesund ... Gaia Sandefjord , Norway Saga Siglar sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 1992 slendingur ship slendingur ..., 3 persons . She was built in Ohio by the group Viking Age Vessels and is now owned by Vinland Longships ... Missouri 27 ft 8 persons Wulfwaig Oklahoma City 21 ft, 5 persons http www.hjemkomst center.com ship ..., Norway in 1982 with a crew of 12 . References reflist External links Commonscat Viking ships http www.havhingsten.dk ... Gaia, the Gokstad Ship copy http www.vikingship.ca Munin, a Gokstad replica in Vancouver, B.C. http www.vikingsamonline.com Yrsa, Viking Raider http www.sebbeals.dk Sebbe Als, Augustenborg, Denmark ... more details
preserved as a museumship in Gdynia . For ships that are not original see Ship replica . For preserved incomplete ships see Ships preserved in museums . A museumship , or sometimes memorial ship , is a ship that has been preserved and converted into a museum open to the public, for educational ..., 2003 ref Another consideration is the distinction between a real museumship, and a ship replica ... background are also often unable to distinguish between a historical museumship and a more or less ... Museum usage File USS Pueblo 1.JPG thumb Captured US surveillance ship USS Pueblo AGER 2 USS Pueblo ... work not only helps restore part of the vessel, but provides worldwide publicity for the museumship ... destroyer Admiral Villar, a ship that had vastly superior characteristics. Today it is a museumship ... Space Museum . Jylland ship Jylland Ebeltoft , Denmark Denmark br Flag icon Denmark Screw frigate ... States br Flag icon United States Destroyer escort Currently the only memorial museumship of this type ... Spain br Flag icon Spain submarine Comisionated 1 January 1974, open like museumship 8 May 2004 ... Ship Category Museum ships Museum ships Category Ship types Category Types of museumShip de Museumsschiff ... mostly with the small number of museum ships that are still operational, i.e. , capable of regular ... hundred museum ships around the world, with around 175 of them organised in the Historic Naval Ships ... many non naval museum ships as well, from general merchant ships to tugboat tug s and lightship s. Many, if not most, museum ships are also associated with a maritime museum . Significance File .... Since an old ship tied up at dockside, without attention, will still decay and eventually ... the restored ship to visitors, usually for a fee. The conservation restoration restoration and Maintenance, repair and operations maintenance of museum ships presents problems for historians who ... Museum ships built in 1999 Remarks on the reconstruction of historical inland and sea going vessels ... more details
Viking World Icelandic V kingaheimar is a museum in Njar v k , Reykjanesb r , Iceland . The museum opened on 8 May 2009, ref name Efla http efla engineers.com 2009 april 2009 4741 V kingaheimar Viking World to be opened , EFLA Engineers.com, April 2009. ref ref name opna http www.vf.is Frettir 40491 default.aspx V kingaheimar opna morgun , V kurfr ttir 7 May 2009 is icon ref followed by a formal opening on Icelandic National Day , 17 June. ref name Visiting ref http visir.is vikingaheimar formlega opnadir a thjodhatidardaginn article 200999345595 V kingaheimar formlega opna ir j h t ardaginn , V sir 18 June 2009 is icon ref The director is Elisabeth Ward ref name review the building was designed by Gu mundur J nsson. ref name Efla ref name opna Viking World has on permanent display the slendingur ship slendingur , the replica of the Gokstad vikingship which in 2000 was sailed across the Atlantic to L Anse aux Meadows , Newfoundland and Labrador Newfoundland for the celebrations of the millennium of Leif Ericsson s voyage and then to New York. The ship was returned to Iceland and placed on exhibit in the open air until being transferred to the new museum in autumn 2008. ref name Blumenfeld29 Jeff Blumenfeld, You Want to Go Where? How to Get Someone to Pay for the Trip of Your Dreams , New York Skyhorse, 2009, ISBN 978 1 60239 647 0, http books.google.com books?id H1f0MKOTfmYC ... , 2 December 2010. ref A viking village is planned to be constructed near the museum. ref name Visiting References references External links http www.vikingaheimar.is en Viking World museum English language ... DEFAULTSORT Viking World Museum Category Museums in Iceland ... 2&ved 0CC0Q6AEwAQ v onepage&q Viking 20World&f false p. 29 . ref She is suspended one and a half ... www.vikingaheimar.is Skipid Skipi , vikingaheimar.is is icon ref The museum also houses the exhibition ... Museum of Iceland opened with a Germanic paganism heathen reburial ceremony for a body excavated ... more details
The VikingMuseum is a museum located beneath the Nordea bank building in central Aarhus , Denmark . The museum is built upon the site of an archaeology archaeological Excavation archaeology excavation that revealed various Viking Age structures, items, and parts of a human skeleton . The museum also provides information regarding the history of Viking Age Aarhus and also features copies of items on display at the Moesgaard Museum , itself located near Aarhus. After a period of renovation, the museum reopened during the Aarhus Viking Town Market on May 24, 2008. External links http www.vikingemuseet.dk museet.htm VikingMuseum website coord 56.1566 10.2089 type landmark region DK display title Category Aarhus Category Museums in Denmark Category Viking Age museums denmark stub pt Museu viquingue de rhus ... more details
Image File Haithabu Wikinger Museum 3 28 03 2010.jpg thumb right View of the VikingMuseum in 2010. Image File Haithabu Wikinger Museum 4 28 03 2010.jpg thumb right View of the VikingMuseum in 2010. The Hedeby VikingMuseum lang de Wikinger Museum Haithabu is a museum near the site of Hedeby , a former medieval city in Schleswig Holstein , Germany focusing on the Viking Age history of the region. While the region is now in modern Germany, it was once the oldest city in Denmark until it was ceded in 1864. The museum features reconstructions of various Viking Age dwellings, ships, and houses numerous artifacts discovered during the ongoing archaeological research of the area. External links http www.schloss gottorf.de wmh index.php Official website http www.archaeologychannel.org content video hedeby 300kW.html A video regarding the museum. coord 54.4970 9.5694 type landmark region DE display title Category Archaeological sites in Germany Category History of Denmark Category History of Schleswig Holstein Category Viking Age museums Category Museums in Germany Category Archaeology museums in Germany Denmark hist stub Germany hist stub Germany museum stub ... more details
Image H vdinghuset, Borg i Lofoten.JPG thumb right 300 px Lofotr VikingMuseum The Lofotr VikingMuseum Lofotr Vikingmuseum is a historical museum based on a reconstruction and archaeological excavation of a Viking chieftain s village in the North Norway North Norwegian archipelago of Lofoten , Norway . It is located in the hamlet of Borg, Vestv g y, Norway Borg , near B stad , Vestv g y . ref http www.nrk.no nordland fylkesleksikon index.php Lofotr Vikingmuseum Lofotr Vikingmuseum NRK ref History In 1983, archaeologists uncovered the Chieftain House at Borg P Borg p Vestv g ya i Lofoten , a large Viking Era building believed to have been already established around the year 500 AD. A joint Scandinavian research project was conducted at Borg during 1986 1989. Excavations revealed the largest building ever to be found from the Viking period in Norway. The foundation of the Chieftain House at Borg measured 83 meters long and 9 meters high. The seat at Borg is estimated to have been abandoned around AD 950. ref http www.lofotr.no Engelsk engUtgravningene 31.html Excavations Lofotr Vikingmuseet p Borg ref ref http www.visitnorway.com en Articles Theme What to do Attractions Lofotr VikingMuseum at Borg in Lofoten Lofotr VikingMuseum at Borg in Lofoten Visitnorway.com ref ref http www.norce.org norce upload files pdf lofotr vikingmuseum info.pdf Lofotr VikingMuseum at Borg ref Current operation File Borg Vestv g y LC0165.jpg thumb right 300px Reconstructed long house at Lofotr VikingMuseum After the excavation ended, the remains of what had once been the long house remained ... the Lofotr VikingMuseum was opened. The museum includes a full reconstruction of an 83 meter long ... architect, Gisle Jakhelln . The administration of Lofotr VikingMuseum is located in the former ... Category Viking Age museums Category Vestv g y Category Visitor attractions in Nordland Norway museum ... en index.html Lofotr museum website http www.lore and saga.co.uk html lofotr.html Lofotr coord 68.2400 ... more details
Expand Norwegian Oslo Bymuseum date January 2011 Primarysources date October 2008 Image Frogner Manor 1.JPG thumb 250px Frogner Manor. Oslo City Museum is located in the Frogner Manor in Oslo , the capital of Norway. The museum has an extensive library with the purpose of documenting the history of the City of Oslo, as well as the former municipality Aker, Norway Aker . The museum also has one of the largest and most important photo collections in Norway . The museum also has an art Collection museum collection which contains around 1000 paintings and around 6000 other works. External links http www.oslobymuseum.no Oslo City Museum Official site coord 59 55 27.41 N 10 42 10.98 E type landmark display title Category Buildings and structures in Oslo Category Museums in Oslo Category Photography archives in Norway Category City museums norway museum stub bg no Oslo Bymuseum ru sv Oslo Bymuseum ... more details
Official site Oslo Tramway coord missing Norway Category Heritage railways in Norway Category Museums in Oslo Category Oslo Tramway Museum Category 1966 establishments in Norway no Lokaltrafikkhistorisk ...Image Sporveismuseet Vognhall 5 Majorstua.jpg thumb The museum at Majorstuen Image TRS 050515 008.jpg thumb Heritage tram no. 70 in Oslo Sporveier livery Oslo Tramway Museum lang no Sporveismuseet is a railway museum located at Majorstuen in Oslo , Norway . It is dedicated to the preservation of the Oslo Tramway , Oslo T bane , Oslo trolleybus and buses used in Oslo. The museum is run by the non profit organization Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening LTF with 450 members. The museum also operates a heritage tramway in Vinterbro outside Oslo. ref cite web url http www.sporveismuseet.no ltf ltf.html title Om LTF author Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening date 29 August 2000 accessdate 17 March 2009 language Norwegian ref LTF was founded in 1966, six years after the city council had decided to close down the tramway and trolleybus. This followed the closing of the Bergen Tramway , where only a single tram had been kept. As of 2004, the museum hd 56 train rail vehicles , 31 bus es and seven other vehicles. This included four trolleybus es. ref cite web url http sporveismuseet.no ltf vognparken.html title Vognparken author Lokaltrafikkhistorisk Forening date 20 March 2004 accessdate 17 March 2009 language Norwegian ref Majorstuen The tramway museum at Majorstuen is located in Depot 5. Since 1994, the museum has been connected to the tramway at Majorstuen station Majorstuen Station . This consists ... and a store. There is also heritage runs with old tram stock on the Oslo Tramway. ref cite web url http www.sporveismuseet.no museum vh5 informasjon.html title Informasjon on museet author Lokaltrafikkhistorisk ... At Vinterbro, located just west of the amusement park Tusenfryd , the museum has built a convert ... station Slemdal Station and a Narvesen kiosk. ref cite web url http www.sporveismuseet.no museum ves.html ... more details
1896 and When We Dead Awaken 1899 . gallery Image Henrik Ibsens gate Oslo west.jpg Henrik Ibsens gate until 28th April 2006 called Drammensveien , seen towards The Ibsen Museum, on the left, and The Royal Castle on the right side. Image Ibsen museum Oslo.jpg The Ibsen Museum at the corner of 1 Arbins gate and 24 26 Henrik Ibsens gate. Image Arbins gate 1 Oslo.jpg The entrance to The Ibsen Museum from 26 Henrik Ibsens gate. gallery The Ibsen Museum in Oslo after 2006 An extensive amount of groundwork ... index.gan?id 11129382&subid 0 . Also, in the street outside the Ibsen Museum in Oslo, there is an artwork ... Henning Edvardsen Ibsen museet The Ibsen Museum . Ibsenmuseet. Oslo 1998. ISBN 82 91615 02 0. Erik ... Museum, The Oslo Category Museums in Oslo Category Literary museums Category Local museums Category ... da Ibsenmuseet Oslo de Ibsen Museum no Ibsenmuseet Oslo sv Ibsenmuseet Oslo ...infobox Museum name The Ibsen Museum Ibsenmuseet image Ibsen photography.jpg caption Henrik Ibsen 1828 ... gate 26, Oslo , Norway visitors 20.000 year director Erik Henning Edvardsen website http www.ibsen.net index.gan?id 11129384&subid 0 The Ibsen Museum conveys the playwright Henrik Ibsen s last home and is located close to the Royal Palace at Henrik Ibsens gate 26 in Oslo . The Dramatist s last home in Kristiania Oslo 1895 1906 On the occasion of the hundred year commemoration of Ibsen s death, 23 May 1906, the Ibsen Museum reopened a completely restored writer s home with the original interior ... on the part of donors and lenders, the painstaking efforts of the expert museum personnel and skilled ... of the originals. The History Behind the Reopened Museum When Suzannah Ibsen died in 1914 the home was dismantled ... Ibsen s study and bedroom and deposited all of it at the Norwegian Folk Museum. The library went to the county museum in Skien now Telemark museum and the dining room to the Ibsen House Museum now ... important rooms in the apartment. The Norwegian Folk Museum took over responsibility for operations ... more details
Reflist External links commonscat Naturhistorisk Museum, Oslo http www.nhm.uio.no english Official site English http www.virtualnorge.com nhm oslo Panorames from the exhibits coord 59.9198 N 10.7717 E source kolossus dewiki display title Category Museums in Oslo Category Natural history museums in Norway Norway museum stub de Naturhistorisk Museum es Museo de Historia Natural de la Universidad de Oslo nl Naturhistorisk museum no Naturhistorisk museum, Universitetet i Oslo pt Museu de Hist ria Natural da Universidade de Oslo ...File ThylacineOslo.jpg thumb right 250 px Mounted thylacine from the Zoological museum. The Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo lang no Naturhistorisk museum , NHM is Norway s oldest and largest museum of natural history , situated in Oslo . File Moon rock and Apollo 17 flown flag.jpg thumb Detail of the Apollo 17 exhibit from the Geological museum, showing a moon rock and a space flown Norwegian flag . It traces its roots to the University Botanical Garden Oslo University Botanical Garden , which was founded near T yen manor in 1814. Museums for zoology, botany and geology were added approximately a hundred years later, when the university campus in central Oslo had become too small for such purposes. ref name history cite web url http www.nhm.uio.no om museet historikk title Botanisk museum publisher Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo language Norwegian accessdate 27 March 2009 ref Major proponents were Waldemar Christofer Br gger geologist Waldemar Christofer Br gger and Nordal Wille . ref cite web url http www.nhm.uio.no om museet museets bygninger botanisk museum title Botanisk museum publisher Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo language Norwegian accessdate 27 March 2009 ref For most of the twentieth century the museums and botanical garden were organized in five different entities these were merged on 1 August 1999. The current name ... more details
thumb right 200px The Gokstad ship Gokstad Vikingship on display in Oslo , Norway . The period from ... 12.jpg thumb Miniatures of two different types of longships, on display at the VikingShipMuseum ... horned helmets is accurate. Main Vikingship There were two distinct classes of Viking ships ... ShipMuseum in Roskilde . Longships are not to be confused with later period longboats . It was common for Viking ships to tow or carry a smaller boat to transfer crews and cargo from the ship to shore, however. Experimental archaeology On 1 July 2007, the reconstructed Vikingship Skuldelev .... The expedition also provided valuable new information on Viking longships and society. The ship was built using Viking tools, materials and much the same methods as the original ship. Genetic legacy ..., which had been settled by Vikings, the Vikingship became an uncontroversial regional symbol. In Germany ... a Vikingship in its logo. ref Hall, pp. 221 ref The Vikings in modern music, literature, and popular ... century. Scandinavia The term Viking from Old Norse lang non v kingr is customarily used to refer to the Norsemen ... accessdate 2010 05 11 ref This period of Viking expansion known as the Viking Age forms a major part ... and became widely propagated during the 19th century Viking revival . ref name langer Johnni Langer, The origins of the imaginary viking , Viking Heritage Magazine, Gotland University Centre ... brutes or intrepid adventurers owe much to the modern Viking myth which had taken shape by the early ... as familiar caricatures. ref name langer Etymology The source for the word Viking is disputed. Two ... overseas. It occurs in Viking Age runic inscriptions and in later medieval writings in set ... sagas , the phrase to go viking implies participation in raiding activity or piracy ... appears in Viking Age skaldic poetry and on several rune stone s found in Scandinavia , where it refers ... of English Etymology By Walter W. Skeat , published in 1892, defined Viking better Wiking ... more details
and a large amount of museums. Examples are the Fram Museum , VikingShipMuseumOslo Vikingskiphuset and the Kon Tiki Museum . Oslo hosts the annual Oslo Freedom Forum, a conference described ... inside the Vikingskiphuset VikingShipMuseum File Rune Stone Oslo 1.jpg thumb 300px right A fragment ... directories d company.asp?id 671 The VikingShipMuseum Vikingskipshuset , Museums, Oslo Norway Directory Bot generated title ref The Oslo City Museum holds a permanent exhibition about ... of Gustav Vigeland Bygd y is a huge and green area, known also as Museum Peninsula of Oslo. The beautiful ... hanshaugen City of Oslo parks no icon ref T yen Park stretches out behind the Munch Museum , and is a vast ... includes the University Botanical Garden Oslo Botanical Garden and Museum belonging to the University ... Peace Center Oslo houses several major Museums and galleries. The Munch Museum contains the The Scream ... Dress, Sami people Sami culture and the viking culture. The outdoor museum contains 155 authentic old ... oslo museums Oslo Museums Oslo Museums Bot generated title ref The Vigeland Museum located in the large ... 1742 Oslo City Museum, Museums, Oslo Norway Directory Bot generated title ref The Kon Tiki Museum houses ... autogenerated6 A new National Museum in Oslo will be built in the next 10 years. The winner was Forum ...about the capital of Norway Infobox settlement official name Oslo image skyline Oslo montage wiki.JPG ... right Oslo City Hall Oslo City Hall seen from Akershus Fortress , bottom Oslo Opera House imagesize pushpin map Norway flag size image shield Oslo komm.svg shield size 150px dot map caption Location of Oslo in Norway dot mapsize coordinates region NO subdivision type Country subdivision name Norway subdivision type1 List of municipalities of Norway Municipality subdivision name1 Oslo subdivision type2 Counties of Norway County subdivision name2 Oslo subdivision type3 Districts of Norway District subdivision name3 Eastern Norway stlandet leader title List of mayors of Oslo Mayor leader ... more details
Infobox Museum name National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History image Sea History Museum, Sadorus, IL.jpg imagesize 240 caption map type map caption latitude 39.966872 longitude 88.344187 established 2001 dissolved location 201 S. Market St. br Sadorus, Illinois type Maritime museum visitors director Charles Lozar curator publictransit website http www.lincolnshireprop.com museum introduction.html National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History The National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History is a private non profit museum, located in Sadorus, Illinois . Recent exhibits include a 27 feet model of the RMS Queen Mary made entirely out of one million toothpicks. The collection includes ship models from the movies Tora Tora Tora , Cleopatra , and Ben Hur dn as well as from the television series Tugboat Annie Sails Again . The museum is open on Saturdays 10am 4pm and by appointment. In the press The museum was featured in a 2005 Chicago Tribune cover story. Citation needed date November 2008 US museum stub Category Museums in Champaign County, Illinois Category Maritime museums in Illinois ... more details
Infobox Historic building name Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum image caption map type latitude longitude location town Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan location country Canada iso region CA SK architect client Moose Jaw Car Club engineer construction start date completion date date demolished Museum cost structural system style size The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum has many displays of life on the Prairie s including many historic buildings that have been moved from surrounding communities, set up to mimic that of a small Farming Town from the early 1900s to 1930s. The park is located south of the City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan on Saskatchewan Highway 2 Highway 2 . The car club at Moose Jaw agreed to the restoration of Tom Sukanen s ship at their museum site. Tom Sukanen was a Finland Finnish homesteader who settled near Birsay, Saskatchewan Birsay who hoped to travel home again on his ship he assembled near the South Saskatchewan River . The Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum features a typical village replete with pioneer artifacts and tractors, cars and trucks, even a McCabe s Grain Co. grain elevator built in 1913 standing approximately 68 feet tall. The elevator was moved from Mawer, Saskatchewan Mawer in 2007 to its new location, nearly 60 km southeast of its original location. The village is restored by the Moose Jaw car club, and is run by volunteers. ref Citation title Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum url http www.sukanenmuseum.ca accessdate 2009 09 09 ref See also List of museums in Saskatchewan References Reflist External links http www.sukanenmuseum.ca Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum Watch the National Film Board of Canada film http www.nfb.ca film Shipbuilder Shipbuilder , recreating the story of Tom Sukanen coord missing Saskatchewan DEFAULTSORT Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village And Museum Category Baildon No. 131, Saskatchewan Category Tourism in Saskatchewan Category Museums in Saskatchewan Category Open air museums in Canada ... more details
dablink For SS Viking of the Isle of Man Steam Packet , see HMS Vindex 1915 HMS Vindex 1915 . Infobox Ship Begin Infobox Ship Image Ship image Deleted image removed Image SSviking.jpg 100 px frame The SS VikingShip caption Infobox Ship Career Hide header Ship country Ship flag Ship name Ship namesake Ship owner Ship operator Ship registry Ship route Ship ordered Ship awarded Ship builder Nylands Shipyards, Oslo , Norway Ship original cost Ship yard number Ship way number Ship laid down 1881 Ship launched 1882 Ship sponsor Ship christened Ship completed Ship acquired Ship commissioned Ship recommissioned Ship decommissioned Ship maiden voyage Ship in service Ship out of service Ship renamed Ship reclassified Ship refit Ship struck Ship reinstated Ship homeport Ship identification Ship motto Ship nickname Ship honours Ship honors Ship captured Ship fate Exploded and sank off Horse Islands Newfoundland and Labrador Horse Islands 1931 Ship status Ship notes Ship badge Infobox Ship Characteristics Hide header Header caption Ship class Ship type Ship tonnage Ship displacement 620 gross tons Ship tons burthen Ship length Ship beam Ship height Ship draught Ship draft Ship depth Ship hold depth Ship decks Ship deck clearance Ship ramps Ship ice class Ship power Ship propulsion Sails, Masts, Diesel Engine Ship sail plan Ship speed Ship range Ship endurance Ship test depth Ship boats Ship capacity Ship troops Ship complement ? officers, cook, ? deckhands Ship crew Ship time to activate Ship sensors Ship EW Ship armament Ship armour Ship armor Ship aircraft Ship aircraft facilities Ship notes The SS Viking was a ship used by the film producer Varick Frissel in the making of the 1931 film The Viking 1931 The Viking . During the shooting of extra footage for this film it exploded, taking the lives of Varick Frissel and twenty six other crew members. The Viking was a wooden hulled whaling ship built by Nylands at Kristiania Christiania , Norway in 1881, the same location where another ... more details
wiktionarypar viking A Viking was a type of seafaring Scandinavian seen from the eighth to eleventh century AD. Viking may also refer to TOCright Naval and maritime VikingshipVikingship , a Norwegian replica of a VikingshipViking barque Viking barque , a Danish sailing ship, now used as a hotel HMS Viking , the name of several British Royal Navy ships HSC Viking HSC Viking , a fastcraft in the Isle of Man Steam Packet fleet SS Viking SS Viking , a steam powered sealing ship used to film The Viking USS Viking , the name of various United States Navy ships Viking River Cruises Viking , the name of several ships in the Viking Line ferry fleet Viking , a passenger ferry built in 1905, later renamed HMS Vindex 1915 HMS Vindex Viking , a sea area in the British Shipping Forecast located close to southwest Norway Aerospace Viking rocket , a series of sounding rockets Viking rocket engine Viking satellite Viking program , two NASA missions to Mars Viking Air , an aircraft manufacturer Viking Airlines Vickers Viking , a British military aircraft, introduced in 1919 Vickers VC.1 Viking , a British airliner, introduced in 1946 Bellanca Viking , a four seat American plane, introduced in 1967 Lockheed S 3 Viking , a U.S. Navy aircraft, introduced in 1974 Grob Viking , a Royal Air Force plane, introduced in the 1980s Viking Flying Boat Company, owned by Robert E. Gross businessman Robert E. Gross Viking B 8 Kittyhawk , a 1930s biplane Film The Viking 1928 film The Viking 1928 film , a color film about Viking settles The Viking 1931 film The Viking 1931 film , a black and white film about ... Music Viking album Viking album , by Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards The Vikings radio , a 1920s vocal quartet The Vikings band , a 1960s American band Hagstr m Viking , a guitar Viking metal , a musical ... , an American football team Denmark Vikings , an Australian rules football team Viking FK , a Norwegian ... football club Oslo Vikings , a Norwegian American football team Solna Vikings , a Swedish basketball ... more details
Hotel Viking may refer to Hotel in Oslo, now called the Hotel Royal Christiania Hotel Viking Rhode Island hotel in Newport, Rhode Island dab ... more details
File Viking SLV AllanGreen c.jpg thumb 300px Viking under the Dannish flag Image Barken viking gothenburg 20051011.jpg thumb right 300px Four masted Barque Viking at Gothenburg harbour in 2005 The Viking better known by her Swedish name, Barken Viking is a four masted steel barque , built in 1906 by Burmeister & Wain in Copenhagen , Denmark . She is reported to be the biggest sailing ship ever built in Scandinavia. Barken Viking was originally built as a sail training ship for the rapidly growing ... in various harbors Peking ship Peking New York City , Moshulu Philadelphia , Passat ship Passat L beck , Germany , Pommern ship Pommern Mariehamn , Finland , and Viking . Viking came to Gothenburg ... E region SE type city display title Category Museum ships in Sweden Viking, Barque Category Tall ... a speed record in the ship s log 15.5 knots 28.7 km h . On February the 25th 1917, she ..., the Germans then allowed her to proceed because being Danish, she was a neutral ship. This was something ... government in 1950. Because of the low bridges that separate the tall ship from the open sea, it is unlikely ... Great Grain Races from Victoria, Australia to Falmouth, Cornwall. Barken Viking won the Grain Race of 1948. There are only ten four masted barques and one four masted full rigged ship the Falls of Clyde in existence, and only five of these still sail Sedov , Kruzenshtern ship Kruzenshtern , USCGC Sea ... a school of seamanship. Today she is moored in the G teborg guest harbor as hotel Barken Viking . The owner ... mariners, sailed on Viking on one of her voyages to Australia. She wrote of her experience in a book, Skeppet och Lena Ship and Lena . Facts o a Length overall with the bowsprit 118 m Length without ... here, can t be correct, because the ship s weight without cargo is around 1,700 metric tonnes, with a cargo ... tons displacement . The only sailing ship having displaced around 14,000 tonnes was the American ... 1906 Maiden voyage 19 July 1907 via Hamburg coal to Callao and back to Hamburg guano The Viking s cargos ... more details
USS Viking has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to USS Viking 1898 , a converted yacht in commission from May to September 1898 and from September to October 1899 USS Viking SP 3314 , a patrol boat in service from 1918 to 1919 USS Viking ARS 1 , a rescue and salvage ship commissioned in 1942 and stricken in 1953 Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Viking, Uss Category United States Navy ship names ... more details
Expand Norwegian Universitetet i Oslo date January 2011 Infobox university name University of Oslo br The Royal Frederick University native name Universitetet i Oslo br Det Kongelige Frederiks Universitet ... 4,600 2007 city Oslo country Norway campus Urban affiliations European University Association EUA ... University as of 1842 The University of Oslo lang no Universitetet i Oslo , is the List of oldest ... Higher education in Norway university in Norway , situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo . The university ... National Theatre , the Royal Palace, Oslo Royal Palace , and the Storting Parliament , while most .... The Faculty of Medicine is split between several university hospitals in the Oslo area. Currently ... of Oslo was the only university in Norway until 1946, and hence informally often known as simply ... for short. The University of Oslo is home to five Nobel Prize winners one of the Nobel Prizes, the Nobel ... in the University of Oslo s Aula until 1989. It has since been awarded in the significantly larger Oslo City Hall , close to the university ref Units File Fiedrichvidenmark.jpg thumb right King ... english File Universitetet i Oslo, midtbygningen3.JPG.JPG thumb The Faculty of Law. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in this building until 1989. File Universitetet i Oslo sentrum.jpg thumb right ... University Library of Oslo Library of Medicine and Health Sciences Library of Humanities and Social ... The Senate The Biotechnology Centre of Oslo Center for Women s Studies and Gender Research Centre ... s yler.JPG thumb 300px Oslo s central pedestrian street, the Karl Johans gate , seen from the Domus Media building of the Faculty of Law Museums Museum of Cultural History The Historical Museum Collection of Coins and Medals Ethnographic Museum The VikingShipMuseum Natural History Museum Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo Mineralogical geological Museum Paleontological Museum Zoological Museum Botanical Garden Botanical Museum People Rectors Main List of rectors for the University ... more details
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