Editing Vestfold (section)

===Gokstad Mound===
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[[File:Gokstad.jpg|thumb|left|Interpretive signs at Gokstad Mound]]
[[File:Moelen Larvik.jpg|thumb|Burial mound at [[Mølen]] dated to the [[Bronze Age]]]]
[[Gokstad Mound]] in Sandefjord was where the ''[[Gokstad Ship]]'' was excavated by [[Nicolay Nicolaysen]] in 1880.<ref>Jøranlid, Marianne (1996). ''40 trivelige turer i Sandefjord og omegn''. Vett Viten. Page 106. {{ISBN|9788241202841}}.</ref> The skeleton of a man was found in the ship, long believed to be [[Olaf Geirstad-Alf]], former king of Vestfold and half-brother of [[Halfdan the Black]], the father of [[Harald Fairhair]], Norway's first king. However, recent discoveries have increased uncertainty and it therefore remains unknown what chieftain was buried at [[Gokstad]].<ref name="visitnorway.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-gokstad-mound/2407/|title=The Gokstad mound|website=www.visitnorway.com|access-date=10 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143923/https://www.visitnorway.com/listings/the-gokstad-mound/2407/|archive-date=12 June 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Davidsen, Roger (2008). ''Et Sted i Sandefjord''. Sandar Historielag. Page 210. {{ISBN|978-82-994567-5-3}}.</ref>

The ship, which is the largest found in Norway, is currently located at the [[Viking Ship Museum (Oslo)|Viking Ship Museum]] in Oslo. The {{convert|23.8|m}} ship was buried along with numerous gifts, including weapons, jewels, a gaming board, fish-hooks, 64 shields, six beds, three smaller boats and kitchen utensils. Twelve horses, eight dogs, two goshawks and two peacocks were also discovered in the grave.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/gokstad/gokstad-grave.html|title=The Gokstad grave - Museum of Cultural History|website=www.khm.uio.no|access-date=6 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502120853/https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/exhibitions/gokstad/gokstad-grave.html|archive-date=2 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/anglo-saxon/maldon/gokstad.html|title=Gokstad Ship|website=penelope.uchicago.edu}}</ref>

Interpretive signs have been put up at the mound and ''[[Gokstad ship#Replicas|Gaia]]'', an exact replica of the Gokstad Ship, can be seen on Museum's Wharf at Sandefjord Harbor.<ref>Jøranlid, Marianne (1996). ''40 trivelige turer i Sandefjord og omegn''. Vett Viten. Page 24. {{ISBN|9788241202841}}.</ref>