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Carved wooden spoons and bowls from Taberna Vagantis at Tønsberg Viking Festival.

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Wooden combs with designed based on the various bone plaques that have been found.

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Wooden chopping boards with Viking-style decoration and decorated bone combs in cases.

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A wooden carving in the shape of the stern decoration of the Oseberg ship for use as an ornament. Seen on a stall at the Tonsberg Viking Festival

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Wooden boxes with various designs carved into them, seen at Tonsberg Viking Festival. Some of the designs are Viking-style, while others (e.g. the aegishjalmr) are more modern.

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A snack van at the Tønsberg Viking Festival trading on the Viking theme by selling Viking sausages and Oseberg cured salmon sandwiches.

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Facebook group providing news about Viking festivals in the Vestfold area.

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A medieval style dress in a shop in Tønsberg. It has a belt clasp with a stylised Oseberg ship on it.

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A view over the area of the Viking festival with Viking-style tents pitched around the site.

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These photographs are of several full-sized shields around Tønsberg Viking Festival. They feature a range of designs.

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A runic sign at Tønsberg Viking Festival. It reads Heiðrún. Heiðrún was the goat that produced mead for the einherjar in Valhalla.

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This leather faux-runic notice states that nordlysviking.com accepts credit cards. It says 'Vi tar kort' 'We accept credit cards'.

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Various views of the reconstructed Viking ships at the Tonsberg Viking festival.

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Reconstructed Viking ships at the Tønsberg Viking Festival. The ship closest to the foreground is Saga Oseberg, a reconstruction of the Oseberg ship. In the background is the Viking festival itself.

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A replica of the Klåstad ship is being built outside the Quality Hotel Tønsberg, in the middle of the area used for the Viking festival. The Klåstad ship was found in 1893 and is on display at Slottsfjellsmuseet in Tønsberg. It was found in a mud…

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Prinsesse Kristina is a modern recreation based on Skuldelev 5, a warship of the Snekkja type that had 13 pairs of oars. The main difference is that this recreation has a rudder, instead of a steering oar. The ship is named for King Hakon…
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