The Ladby ship is a major ship burial, of the type also represented by the boat chamber grave of Hedeby and the ship burials of Oseberg, Borre, Gokstad and Tune in South Norway, all of which date back to the 9th and 10th centuries. It is the only ship burial discovered in Denmark. Ship burial of Igor the Old in 945, depicted by Heinrich Semiradski (1845-1902). ... Hedeby (Haithabu in Old Norse; Heidiba in Latin; in Germany the name Haithabu is frequently used) was a Danish settlement and trading centre on the southern Baltic Sea coast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of a narrow, navigable inlet, the Schlei (Danish: Slien) in the province of Schleswig... The Oseberg ship (Viking Ship Museum, Norway) View from the front - one of the most stunning expressions of Norse art and craftsmenship The Oseberg ship is a Viking ship which was found in a large burial mound at the Oseberg farm near Tønsberg in Vestfold county, Norway. ... The Borre mound cemetery forms part of the Borre National Park in Horten, Vestfold, Norway. ... History Gokstad viking ship -excavation. ... The Tune ship is a viking ship of the karv type found at Haugen farm in Østfold, Norway. ...

The grave is situated within an ordinary burial site, from the Viking Age. Excavations revealed an abundance of grave goods consisting both of objects and of animals. It was previously dated to the early 10th century, based on a gilded link of bronze for a dog-harness, decorated in Jelling style, that was found there. The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne explorers, traders, and warriors of the Norsemen who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles, France and other parts of Europe from the late 8th century to the 11th century. ... In archaeology and anthropology grave goods are the items interred along with the body. ... Burial mound in Jelling churchyard Northern burial mound and church in Jelling churchyard Jelling is a town located in Jelling municipality near Vejle, Denmark on the Jutland peninsula. ...

The grave had been extensively disturbed and, since there was apparently no trace of any dead person, this has been interpreted to be a translatio, i.e. removal from a heathen to a Christian grave. In the Catholic church, the feast celebrating the moving of a saints relics. ...

The excavation was performed by G. Rosenberg, conservator, and P. Helweg Mikkelsen, pharmacist, between 1934 and 1937 and their original drawings constitute the primary source-material for information on the find.

References

• Vikingeskibsmuseet - summary of Ladby. A Danish Ship-Grave from the Viking Age by Anne C. Sørensen