Danish shipwrecks around the world - Njord at the National Museum

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In 2025, Denmark's new maritime research center Njord opened at the National Museum. It combines maritime archaeology, conservation and maritime history in one interdisciplinary collaboration. One of the main tasks is working with Danish shipwrecks around the world. In 2025, Denmark's new maritime research center Njord opened at the National Museum. It combines marine archaeology, conservation and maritime history in one interdisciplinary collaboration. One of the main tasks is working with Danish shipwrecks around the world. In this lecture, historian and senior researcher Benjamin Asmussen from Njord focuses on a number of the current wrecks that are currently being investigated and their history. We are going to India by Trankebar in search of the hunt ØRESUND - the first Danish ship in Asia, to Canada after the frigate ENHIØRNINGEN which searched for the Northwest Passage, to Morocco's Atlantic coast with the frigate FALSTER and out into the Swedish archipelago.after the frigate HAVMANDEN and its dramatic history of mutiny. - Date: 21 October 2026 - Time: 19:30–21:30 - Venue: Taastrup Medborgerhus - Address: Taastrup Hovedgade 71, Taastrup, Denmark - Admission: Free