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In Pictures: Stockholm's iconic Vasa warship up close

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 16:34:20 +0100

A new exhibition at Stockholm's Vasa Museum explores the 17th century ship's role both as a warship and a form of propaganda. The Local visited the museum ahead of the February 8th exhibition opening.

Is this wreck the missing sister ship of Sweden's most iconic warship?

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 16:21:59 +0100

Swedish divers have discovered two wrecks believed to be warships sunk in the 17th century. And they think at least one can be linked to the Vasa, the iconic Swedish ship that sank on its maiden voyage.

Found, maybe: 17th-century cannon belonging to iconic Swedish shipwreck

Tue, 28 Aug 2018 14:51:38 +0200

Four centuries after Sweden's most famous shipwreck, the Vasa, sank on its maiden journey, experts believe they have at last found one of her lost guns at the bottom of the sea.

Stockholm's Vasa Museum sails into top spot on most-visited list

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 14:50:42 +0100

Stockholm's Vasa Museum, showcasing a well-preserved centuries-old shipwreck, is now the country’s most visited museum.

Swedish King's 'forgotten' 17th-century warship found in central Stockholm

Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:30:07 +0200

The wreck of a four-century-old ship that used to belong to King Gustav II Adolf of Sweden has been uncovered in central Stockholm.

Stockholm's Vasa Museum smashes visitor record

Mon, 04 Sep 2017 15:01:32 +0200

Sweden's Vasa Museum, which houses an almost 400-year-old ship wreck in near perfect condition, has beaten its summer record of visitors, reaching an all-time high of 750,355.

Southern Sweden may have its own Vasa as historic shipwreck is identified

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 16:47:32 +0100

Marine archaeologists believe they have identified a shipwreck in the south of Sweden as an historic warship the same size as the one displayed in Stockholm's world famous Vasa musem.

Record visitors drop anchor at this Stockholm museum

Wed, 04 Jan 2017 13:32:12 +0100

One of Sweden's most popular attractions welcomed a record number of visitors in 2016.

Why the Vasa is getting a makeover... and losing weight

Wed, 01 Jun 2016 14:23:11 +0200

Why is Scandinavia's most visited museum losing weight? The Local takes a once in a lifetime chance to step on board the Vasa and find out.

Vasa ship cannon blasted in Sweden

Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:55:00 +0200

A replica of one of the cannons present on Stockholm's iconic Vasa warship when it sank in 1628 is being tested for the first time in central Sweden.

Vasa fires imagination with new cannon

Sun, 01 Dec 2013 13:25:00 +0100

Christmas has come early for fans of iconic Swedish warship Vasa after experts built a replica of one of the cannons which featured on the vessel which sunk on its maiden voyage in 1628.

New deterioration scare for Sweden's Vasa

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 19:57:00 +0200

Sweden's famed 17th century Vasa warship, housed in a Stockholm museum, is deteriorating faster than previously believed despite renewed preservation efforts, researchers have warned.

Silver treasure found at Swedish shipwreck

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:44:00 +0200

Divers have recovered a number of 16th century silver coins from the wreckage of the legendary Swedish warship Mars, which was discovered last year off the coast of the Baltic sea island of Öland.

Wreck of jewel-laden ship 'found' near Stockholm

Wed, 30 May 2012 13:45:00 +0200

Divers working in the Stockholm archipelago believe they have discovered the wreck of the legendary Swedish royal ship the “Resande Man” which famously disappeared carrying the crown jewels en route to Poland in 1660.

Five shipwrecks found in central Stockholm

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 09:21:00 +0100

Five shipwrecks dating from the 1500s to the 1700s have been found during renovation work on a quay in central Stockholm, the Swedish Maritime Museum (Sjöhistoriska museet) said on Monday.

Sweden-bound booty found in Polish river

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:59:00 +0100

Polish scientists have discovered what appears to be a 17th century ship loaded with looted treasure bound for Sweden dating from the Swedish-Polish war of 1655-60, at the bottom of the Vistula river, according to local media.

'New Vasa' shipwreck found on Baltic seabed

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:13:00 +0200

Swedish divers have uncovered what they believe to be the legendary Swedish warship Mars, lost in a sea battle with the Danish-Lübeckian navy in 1564, near the coast of the Baltic island of Öland.

'World's oldest' wreck found in Swedish Baltic

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 12:07:00 +0200

What looks very much like a cog, a ship used in the Baltic between the 12th and the 14th centuries, has been discovered in the waters between the islands of Gotland and Öland off the east coast of Sweden.

Sweden's Vasa marks 50 years out of the water

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 12:02:00 +0200

Half a century has passed since the sunken 17th century royal warship Vasa was brought to the surface, but the story of how one of Sweden's biggest failures became a national treasure still fascinates.

Sweden's Vasa: 50 years above the waves

Thu, 21 Apr 2011 12:29:00 +0200

It's been 50 years since the centuries-old Vasa warship was hoisted up from the depths of Stockholm harbour, but as contributor Elizabeth Dacey-Fondelius discovers, preserving this national treasure has been the Vasa's greatest battle.