FIELD
The Longhouse
Reconstructed longhouse from the last part of the Viking Age, before Norway became Christian after the battle in 1030.
The long house on Stiklastadir. This was the chief's arena. The long house is used to communicate political, religious and cultural social issues in the time before the battle at Stiklestad.
The long house, 7-8 meters wide and 36 meters long, which has a gildehall at one end and a residential part at the other. The building is constructed, equipped and furnished as one assumes that a longhouse from the transition between the Viking Age and the Middle Ages might look like.
The knowledge that underlies the building construction is based on archaeological finds, historical sources and on knowledge of how older medieval buildings were constructed. The stave churches have been important sources of knowledge in this work. The carvings are mainly copies based on archaeological finds, and the decor is typically "Jelling style", a pre-Christian decorative style dominated by animal ornamentation.
Much of the dissemination takes place through conviviality in beautiful and exotic surroundings, and through camp school and other offers for school pupils.
Museum craftsman Kai Johansen takes us into the Gildehallen at Middelaldergården Stiklastadir and shows us the art and ornamentation of the Viking Age.
Museum facilitator Øystein Viem and archaeologist Per Steinar Brevik show how fire was made in earlier times
Archaeologist Per Steinar Brevik shows games and sports from the Viking Age
Museum spokesperson Øystein Viem tells the history of archery
Gunhild Rikstad shows how clothes were made in the Viking Age