The Oseberg Ship

This volume presents a new reconstruction of the Norwegian Viking-Age ship from Oseberg, dated to 820 AD. In 1987 a fullscale reconstruction of the ship, was built based on drawings made of the exhibited ship. The reconstruction, Dronningen, capsized and sank during the first testsailing, giving rise to many questions, concerning the ships original performance. The purpose of the present work has been to reconstruct the ships form and construction anew. In 2012, a new fullscale reconstruction, Saga Oseberg, was built based on the new reconstruction. The subsequent testsailing revealed that the Oseberg Ship was originally technically advanced and seaworthy, and the former skepticism regarding the ships sailing abilities can now be disproved.