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The Vasa Museum is one of Scandinavia's most visited museums. It is here that you will find in all its glory, the unique and well preserved warship Vasa from 1628, embellished with hundreds of wooden sculptures.
Around 1.5 million visitors every year enjoy the exhibitions in the museum, which describe the warship Vasa's history and life at the time; how, after 333 years at the bottom of Stockholm bay, the ship was rediscovered and salvaged; and the research which is now underway to preserve Vasa.
The Vasa Museum lies in the royal parkland, Djurgården, in Stockholm.
Read more about the building of the ship on our web!
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Vasa was built from oak that came both from Sweden and from Poland-Lituania. (At the time Vasa was built, Sweden were at war with Poland-Lituania) Here in Sweden, we did have enough material that we could use to build our ships, but in some cases it was more affordable to import oak from abroad. We could of course not trade directly with our enemies, but the shipbuilder of Vasa, Henrik Hybertsson and his business partner Arendt the Grooth, came from Holland. They could buy polish timber from Dutch merchants in Amsterdam. The oak from Sweden came from the forests near Kalmar and Västervik, as well as the forests around Lake Mälaren. (Near Stockholm).
To read more about the building and timber of Vasa, check out our website.
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