Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850

Nearly 400 years have passed since the naval ship Vasa sank in Stockholm in 1628, and more than sixty years since its salvage in 1961. Today, Vasa stands as an iconic symbol – a ship, a shipwreck, a museum, and a unique manifestation of the material culture of Sweden’s early modern navy. But Vasa is...

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description Nearly 400 years have passed since the naval ship Vasa sank in Stockholm in 1628, and more than sixty years since its salvage in 1961. Today, Vasa stands as an iconic symbol – a ship, a shipwreck, a museum, and a unique manifestation of the material culture of Sweden’s early modern navy. But Vasa is not the only Swedish naval vessel of its time. Sweden’s naval records reveal nearly 900 other ships, each with a story very different from Vasa’s. Some were sunk in battle, many served in the navy for decades, others were repurposed as construction elements in harbours, or deliberately sunk at the entrances to Swedish cities and naval bases as obstacles for the enemy. This volume focuses on and examines these forgotten or hidden ships as material culture, broadly defined to encompass all remains of the navy, from shipwrecks on the seabed to museum objects, archives, cannons, and even coffins made from ship timbers. The book highlights how new methods, techniques, and materials can challenge and enrich naval studies. It is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between underwater archaeology, history, ethnology, and cultural heritage studies from both Sweden and Finland.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1773482026-06-10T05:30:38Z Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850 Ekström, Simon Eriksson, Niklas Forssberg, Anna Maria Müller, Leos Underwater archaeology Naval ethnology Maritime heritage studies Shipwreck analysis Early modern warfare Baltic Sea naval history Interdisciplinary naval material culture research thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology Nearly 400 years have passed since the naval ship Vasa sank in Stockholm in 1628, and more than sixty years since its salvage in 1961. Today, Vasa stands as an iconic symbol – a ship, a shipwreck, a museum, and a unique manifestation of the material culture of Sweden’s early modern navy. But Vasa is not the only Swedish naval vessel of its time. Sweden’s naval records reveal nearly 900 other ships, each with a story very different from Vasa’s. Some were sunk in battle, many served in the navy for decades, others were repurposed as construction elements in harbours, or deliberately sunk at the entrances to Swedish cities and naval bases as obstacles for the enemy. This volume focuses on and examines these forgotten or hidden ships as material culture, broadly defined to encompass all remains of the navy, from shipwrecks on the seabed to museum objects, archives, cannons, and even coffins made from ship timbers. The book highlights how new methods, techniques, and materials can challenge and enrich naval studies. It is the result of an interdisciplinary collaboration between underwater archaeology, history, ethnology, and cultural heritage studies from both Sweden and Finland. 2026-06-10T05:30:36Z 2026-06-10T05:30:36Z 2026-06-09T08:34:13Z book book ONIX_20260415T184307_9781040840283_26 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114085 9781040840283 9781040843451 9781003699408 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177348 eng Maritime Humanities, 1400-1800 open access Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003699408 10.4324/9781003699408 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781040840283 9781040843451 9781003699408 Routledge 272 Oxford open access
spellingShingle Underwater archaeology
Naval ethnology
Maritime heritage studies
Shipwreck analysis
Early modern warfare
Baltic Sea naval history
Interdisciplinary naval material culture research
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title_full Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title_fullStr Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title_full_unstemmed Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title_short Material Culture in the Swedish Navy, c. 1450-1850
title_sort material culture in the swedish navy c 1450 1850
topic Underwater archaeology
Naval ethnology
Maritime heritage studies
Shipwreck analysis
Early modern warfare
Baltic Sea naval history
Interdisciplinary naval material culture research
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
topic_facet Underwater archaeology
Naval ethnology
Maritime heritage studies
Shipwreck analysis
Early modern warfare
Baltic Sea naval history
Interdisciplinary naval material culture research
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history
thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeology
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