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A fridge magnet with a picture of the Gjermundbu helmet on it. Seen in Vikingskipshuset.

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This burial chamber was constructed towards the stern of the Gokstad ship. A tall man in his 40s or 50s was buried in it. The chamber was covered with birch bark, and remnants of silk were found between the logs of the roof. The burial chamber…

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Gol Stave Church was moved to the Folkemuseum in the late 19th century. Only about one third of the surviving church was used (those parts that were thought to be medieval). The church that stands at the Folkemuseum now was modelled on Borgund Stave…

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This handle fits into the slot on the head posts and would have enabled a person to carry it as part of a ceremony.

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The wooden top and bottom of a hunting knapsack. The fabric body has not survived. The lid has a horse carved into it.

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The image shows strap mounts on the left, a dog collar (centre) with wooden whistles on either side of it, and the remains of a dog leash on the far right.

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The wooden lid of a box with a lock made of horn or whale baleen. At the back of the photograph is a handle from a box.

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The logo of the Viking Ship Museum on Bygdoy in Norway

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A Norwegian farmhouse from the second half of the thirteenth century.

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A medieval lyre from c.1300. It has the same form as the lyre featured on the Hylestad church portal.

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The memorial to Anne Stine and Helge Ingstad who discovered the Viking Age site at L'Anse aux Meadows. The memorial is outside the Viking Ship Museum in Bygdoy.

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Norway themed mugs with Viking ships and mountains on them. Seen at Vikingskipshuset.

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A fridge magnet branded with the Norwegian flag and the Oseberg ship. Found in Vikingskipshuset.
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