Vasa — Böcker kallar till folkfest i Borgå och motstånd i Vasa under helgen. #Vasa #News
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@arthur-bell.bsky.socialThe Warship With Too Much Upstairs Vasa's tall, heavy upper structure made it dangerously unstable before its first voyage had properly begun. #ArthurBell #MuseumOfBadIdeas #Vasa #ShipDesign #MaritimeHistory #MeetArthur #InventionHistory
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@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialKing Gustav II Adolf wanted the greatest ship on the sea.
I said: fewer guns. He only heard the second word.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KuA9ZzW-Y
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@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialIn the 1660s men stood in a bell at the bottom of Stockholm harbour and fished up the Vasa's bronze cannons.
They paid me in bronze. It's my footrest.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KuA9ZzW-Y
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4th October 1550
King Charles IX of Sweden was born at Stockholm Castle to King Gustav I of Sweden & his wife, Margaret Leijonhufvud.
He became the ruler of the Scandinavian country on the abdication of King Sigismund III Vasa in 1604.
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@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialThe 1628 stability test: 30 sailors run across the deck.
They launched her anyway. I kept running.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KuA9ZzW-Y
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@globalvisibility.bsky.social@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialSwedish carpenters measured in Swedish feet. Dutch carpenters measured in Amsterdam feet.
One of those rulers is mine. The museum called security.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KuA9ZzW-Y
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@sv-fi.pds.netasgard.com@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialThe Vasa sank in 1628 and Sweden needed someone to blame.
Nobody was punished. I said no. Quietly. To a horse.
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@sv-fi.pds.netasgard.com@sv-fi.pds.netasgard.com@sv-fi.pds.netasgard.com@grandpawasthere.bsky.socialThe Vasa: 64 guns, 500 carvings, the pride of Sweden.
I didn't unpack.
Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9KuA9ZzW-Y
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@culurien.bsky.socialQuote with a kiss 💋
An old one but a good one. I miss them. 🤍
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