During the Viking Age (8th-11th centuries), skilled merchants ... laying the foundation for the modern Swedish state. By the 17th century, Sweden became a major power in Northern Europe ...

Last fall, a Swedish man spotted something in a marsh on Oland ... The Vikings were a group of Scandinavian warriors who violently colonized coastal Europe between the 9th and 11th centuries. Viking ...

The Vasa was a symbol of rising Swedish power when it sank on its maiden voyage in 1628. Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in ...

Stockholm (AFP) – A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a majestic warship that sank nearly 400 years ago and is now one of Sweden's ...

A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to ... showing off the new structure around the 17th century warship. Due for completion in 2028, in time to mark the 400th anniversary of the ...

Workers install a new metallic support structure for the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden, on April 8, 2025. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP Due for completion ...

Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm - Copyright AFP Jonathan NACKSTRAND Workers ...