Nordic clinker boat traditionsDenmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
Representative List 2021
EN: The Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde, Denmark organizes rowing training for schoolchildren
EN: Two Viking ship replicas sailing on Roskilde Fjord. A vibrant boatbuilding tradition is very important today to understand, restore and use these historic ships and boats
EN: Andreas, a Han Herred Seaboats apprentice tries a floor timber in new built fishing boat. The floor timber has to fit exactly to the planks so that shocks when the boat lands can be distributed to the whole bottom of the boat
EN: Every year the Sjaegt Guild organizes the 'Sjaegt World Cup' on the Limfjord in Denmark
EN: Clinker boat rowing is the national sport of the Faroe Islands. The final race is organized in Torshavn as a part of the festival 'Ólavsøka' which is held on 29 July, the National Day
EN: Celebration of the winner of a race in Torshavn, Faroe Islands
EN: Samal Hansen is building a traditional Faroese Clinker Boat
EN: The Grindaboat Association on Suderøy, Faroe Islands, organizes boat excursions. The 150 members - men, women and children of all ages - participate with their own boats in summer festivals, celebrations and regattas
EN: A boatbuilder is caulking a Skolt Sámi boat in Sevettijärvi, Northern Finland. Long-fibred sphagnum moss blended with tar is used for caulking
EN: On the first weekend of August, a boat festival for traditional clinker boats is arranged in Naantali near Turku in Finland
EN: Boatbuilder Marko Nikula from Turku in Finland is building a traditional 'storbåt'. Here he works with the frames
EN: Boatbuilder Joini Jylhä in his boatyard in Mariehamn, Åland
EN: Hera Guðlaugsdóttir in her boat Svala, a traditional clinker boat from Iceland
EN: Boatbuilder Hafliði Aðalsteinsson is teaching course participants to restore old clinker boats. This course was organized by the Herring Era Museum in Siglufjörður, Northern Iceland
EN: The apprentice Steffi Hein is taught how to build a traditional 'Nordlandsbåt' from Ulf Mikalsen, the boatbuilder on Kjerringøy, Northern Norway
EN: Sandra Márjá West launches her Sami river boat on the Karasjokha River, Northern Norway. She learnt to build this boat from Jouni Laiti, a boatbuilder from Northern Finland
EN: Here, the Coastal Association in Tromsø, Northern Norway, passes on the knowledge and skills of sailing and rowing from generation to generation
EN: Gunnar Eldjarn searches for wood in the forest close to his boatyard on Kvaløya, Northern Norway. Here he is looking for naturally bent material to be used in the boats he builds
EN: Gunnar Eldjarn searches for wood in the forest close to his boatyard on Kvaløya, Northern Norway. Here he is looking for naturally bent material to be used in the boats he builds
EN: Sailing traditional 'Bohuslän boats' on the west coast of Sweden
