Oseberg ship
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The Oseberg ship is a well-preserved longship discovered in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. This ship is commonly acknowledged to be among the finest
The Oseberg ship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway)
Detail from the Oseberg ship
View from the front.
The so-called "Buddha bucket" (Buddha-bøtte), a brass and cloisonné enamel ornament of a bucket (pail) handle in the shape of a figure sitting with crossed legs.
Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder
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Åsa Haraldsdottir of Agder was a semi-legendary Norwegian Viking Age queen regnant of the petty kingdom of Agder. According to sagas referencing the clan Yngling, she was the mother of Halfdan the Bla
Oseberg ship
…in the grave chamber dates the burial to the autumn of 834. Although the high-ranking woman's identity is unknown, it has been suggested that she is Queen Åsa of the Yngling clan, mother of Halfdan the Black and grandmother of Harald Fairhair. Recent tests of the women's remains suggest that they lived in…
Gudrød is murdered (Illustration by Gerhard Munth)