Swedish King Gustav II unveiled a battleship of epic proportions to an awed public. "Vasa" was supposed to signify the ...

Race to save Sweden's 17th century warship in preservation project Stockholm (AFP) – A Swedish museum has launched a massive four-year project to preserve the sagging hull of the Vasa, a ...

AFP AFP Apr 9, 2025 Updated Apr 10, 2025 1 of 3 Workers install a new metallic support structure around the 17th-century warship Vasa at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm Jonathan NACKSTRAND ...

Share or comment on this article: I travelled to Stockholm and back in 24 hours with just my passport. This is how my crazy day went - and what you MUST be wary of when extreme day-tripping: GENIE ...

This will be Pittsburgh’s second time playing games in Sweden. The Penguins began the 2008-09 campaign with an NHL Premiere Series against Ottawa in Stockholm, with Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and ...

On August 10, 1628, Vasa, the would-be jewel of Sweden’s navy sank only minutes after departing Stockholm. This tragedy – that claimed the lives of 30 of those on board – launched an inquest probing ...

When know-it-alls stick their noses where they don’t belong things usually doesn’t end well. Management science gives this problem a name: “Vasa syndrome.” In Sweden, schoolchildren learn the story of ...

Urgent work is underway in Stockholm to preserve the 17th-century warship Vasa, one of the world’s most unique and well-preserved artifacts. Buzz60 has the story! US Ally Upgrades Ship-Sinking ...

Sweden is embarking on a colossal four-year project to safeguard a nearly 400-year-old warship that is the centrepiece of its famous Vasa Museum. The ship, one of Stockholm’s main tourist ...

Renovations to try to save the 17th century Vasa warship, housed in a Stockholm museum, have been ten years in the making. The construction to support the ship, which lay underwater for centuries ...

The loss of the Vasa was a major setback for Sweden’s ambitions to become a power in the Baltic during a turbulent period of European history. Three centuries later, in 1961, the wreck of the ...