The Viking Ship Museum at Bygdøy was designed by Arnstein Arneberg - the same highly renowned Norwegian architect who designed the Oslo City Hall. He won the architect competition in 1913.In the musuem, you will find the grave finds from Tune, Gokstad and Oseberg. When the grave finds were found in the late nineteenth century, there was not specific museum used to display the finds. They were exhibited in the University Garden in Oslo, a temporary shelter for them. Only in 1913, it was proposed by Professor Gabriel Gustafson who led the excavation of the Osberg ship in 1904.
Date back to the period from 800 to 1050 A.D., the Vikings actually came from what is now Norway, Sweden and Denmark. They were not only strong-willed warriors and seafarers but also excellent farmers, merchants and craftsmen.
The followings are the pictures of the Osberg ships, the grave finds from the Oseberg Farm in Slagen, not far from Tønsberg. It was excavated in 1904.
The Gokstad Ship was excavated from Gokstad farm in the county of Sandefjord in 1880.
The Tune Ship was found at the Nedre Haugen farm in Rolvsøy, Østfold and was excavated in 1867.
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