The Oseberg Viking ship is arguably the most famous of all the excavated Viking ships, and the image of the ship and its prow is iconic. Excavated in 1905, the Oseberg now rests in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.

In 2010, a non-profit group in Tonsberg, Norway, began constructing a copy of the ship using Viking age techniques and tools. The ship, the “Saga Oseberg,” was launched in 2012.

Jay Haavik, of Seattle, was the lead carver of the team that undertook the elaborate carvings on the prow and stern of the ship. In this lecture, Haavik talks about the Oseberg ship and its finds and the making of the “Saga Oseberg.”

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