The warship Vasa capsized and sank on her maiden voyage on August 10th, 1628. The ongoing war between Sweden and Poland was being fought on the other side of the Baltic Sea. It was Vasa's mission to bring a much needed supply of soldiers, materials and other necessities from home to the field army in Prussia. After the ship had remained on the bottom of Stockholm waters for 333 years, it was finally salvaged in 1961.

The Vasa Museum is one of Scandinavia's most visited museums. It is here that you will find the truly unique and well preserved warship Vasa, embellished with hundreds of wooden sculptures.

Every year around 1.5 million visitors enjoy the exhibitions in the museum, describing Vasa's history. It is shown how the ship was rediscovered and salvaged after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm bay what research is now underway to preserve Vasa. The Vasa Museum lies in the royal parkland, Djurgården, in Stockholm.

Source: Vasa Museum


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Image 1: The Vasa Museum, exterior
Anneli Karlsson, the Vasa Museum /SMTM

Image 2: Vasa breaking the water surface on the 24th of April 1961
Photographer unknown, the Vasa Museum/SMTM

Image 3: The ship Vasa
Anneli Karlsson, the Vasa Museum/ SMTM

Image 4: A model of the warship Vasa in scale 1:10 at the Vasa Museum
Karolina Kristensson, the Vasa Museum/ SMTM

Image 5: Detail from the exhibition "Battle! - original cannons from the warship Vasa
Anneli Karlsson, the Vasa Museum/ SMTM

Image 6: Detail from the exhibition "Vasa's women" - a film telling about the construction of the ship Vasa and showing Margareta Nilsdotter, the head and property manager of the Stockholm shipyard. She assumed responsibility for the construction of Vasa after her husband's death. Her husband was Henrik Hybertsson, a master shipwright and the designer of the warship Vasa

Image7: Detail from the exhibition "The Salvaging"- a model showing Vasa on the seabed in Stockholm harbor in the late 1950's, being prepared for the salvage.
Johan Bergling