During the Viking era around 1000 AD the people of Roskilde decided to sink a number of their ships in the fjord at Skuldelev in order to prevent the Vikings from coming in and raiding.[1] Originally five were discovered; but while extending the museum that houses these finds another nine were uncovered.[2]
roskilde, fjord, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, june, 2011. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Roskilde Fjord news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde Denmark It is a long branch of the Isefjord Roskilde Fjord with Roskilde Cathedral in the distance Contents 1 Cities 2 Viking era 3 See also 4 ReferencesCities EditThe cities Frederiksvaerk Frederikssund Jaegerspris Jyllinge and Roskilde including Himmelev home to the famous Roskilde Festival all have coastline at Roskilde Fjord The image on this page shows the view of the fjord as seen from Roskilde Viking era EditDuring the Viking era around 1000 AD the people of Roskilde decided to sink a number of their ships in the fjord at Skuldelev in order to prevent the Vikings from coming in and raiding 1 Originally five were discovered but while extending the museum that houses these finds another nine were uncovered 2 See also EditRoskilde RoklubReferences Edit BBC Ancient history in depth Viking dig reports Navis ship registry entry nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roskilde Fjord 55 50 00 N 12 02 50 E 55 83333 N 12 04722 E 55 83333 12 04722 nbsp This Danish location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roskilde Fjord amp oldid 1173122274, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
