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21 January 2017 Here I am, on 21 January 2018, looking out over Dyvig, sunny and windless. The water reflects the wooded slopes that surround the cove and I think back to the year before, 21 January 2017, the day when we, the Hjortspring Boat Guild, together with Danmarks Radio, participated in the recording of some features in ‘The History of Denmark, the Age of Metal’. The weather was similar that day, a favourable situation for sailing in the cold water. And cold it was, both in the water and in the air. Preparations The cold brings us back to the months before, when DR approached us to propose that we participate in some sailing events filming for the above-mentioned series of programmes. At first the guild rejected the proposal, it was too cold and consequently too dangerous (in case of a capsize). However, we decided to contact DR again, as it was a unique opportunity to profile our guild and boat. In December, a contract was drawn up with DR with a number of reservations, the plan was that the sailing would take place on 7 January, or alternatively on 21 January, depending on the weather, or not at all. A few days before 7 January, a few members met to assess the situation. There was a thin layer of ice over large parts of the bay, so we had to cancel the sailing. Both before and after 7 January, a number of meetings were held at the Linde shipyard, where many concerns were aired, more or less relevant. The result, however, was that the project had to include a number of reservations, especially regarding the cladding, lifeboat and sail plan (water depth not exceeding 1 metre).A few days before 21 January, the weather forecast showed ideal weather, both wind and temperature, so we informed DR about the possibility of going ahead on the 21st.The day before, late afternoon, the cortege, which you can almost name the number of cars, arrived with photographers, instructor, dressers and whatnot.After a brief introduction at the Linde shipyard, we drove down to Dyvig, looked at the conditions of the water, the bridge and Deutsche Ruderverein Norderhardes clubhouse, which the rowing club had made available for clothing etc. Indtryk fra filmoptagelserne. Malt af: K.V. Valbjørn Sailing day Bronze Age people heading out into the world to trade.Foto: Thomas Roger Henrichsen. After an hour of sailing (without freezing) we landed and had a bowl of good soup (I don't know what it was, but it tasted good and it was hot).After the break we boarded again, this time with Lars Mikkelsen, a photographer and a sound engineer. Once again we sailed west of the seaside hotel and a number of inboard films were recorded with accompanying Lars Mikkelsen comments. The crew plus narrator. Foto: Thomas Roger Henrichsen. After an hour's sailing, we landed at the bridge, where Tilia was unloaded of its large quantities of furs and other equipment. The crew was lined up for a photo shoot.The boat was taken to the pick-up point, put on the trailer and rolled up to the Linde shipyard. Lars Mikkelsen actively participated in these activities.At the Linde yard, a meal was laid out, we had arranged an excellent skipper labskovs and the DR people had also organised a cold table (just in case, they didn't know if the natives' food was edible). Our food was now a success, several people wanted the recipe.It was a good dayKnud V. Valbjørn. Sources Newsletter, April 2017, no. 2.Danish Broadcasting Corporation, History & Faith:Historien om Danmark. (Google link, the series is available from DR for study purposes)Newsletter, February 2018, no. 1. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
In June (2010) Gunn Aasen from NKR called and asked about the possibility of filming Tilia during sailing. The next day we received the following request by email:(Translated from Norwegian)Norwegian national broadcaster NRK is currently working on a TV documentary series called Norwegian Roots. It's about how Norway was populated, where they came from, who they were and how they survived the first people who came to our shores. Through mitochondrial DNA and archaeology, we search for our roots. We can't avoid our traces and connections to Denmark. How did they get across the Skagerrak to Norway? Although the Hjortspring boat found in 1915 is from the Early Iron Age, about 350 years before Christ, it resembles the boats depicted in Bronze Age rock carvings.If we could film Hjortspringlauget's Tilia Alsie on the water at Nordborg Sø, that would be fantastic. I know it's a lot of work to find a crew to take part, but if you would try to make it happen, we would greatly appreciate it. The feature will form an important part of one of the three programmes in the series. Period costumes are not necessary, but if you have such clothes, we can think about whether you should wear them. It may well be that those who paddle should still wear modern clothes that are suitable when on board an open boat. We can come back to that if necessary. We want to film you paddling the boat on the water at Nordborg Sø. We may ask our young presenter Samina to join the crew. The photographer will also join you on board as well as filming you from the shore. This means that we ask you to paddle the boat on the go-ahead from our photographer. I reckon we can get the whole thing done in 3 - 4 hours, maybe it takes less time. It is not necessary to paddle far away.If there are costs involved in getting the boat on the water, we can cover this by agreement. Of course, it depends on what it costs if we can do it all, but I think it won't be too expensive. It's good that you're investigating what it will cost.And of course the Deer Spider Guild will receive a DVD of the finished programme so that you can see the result, but you'll have to be a little patient with us because the programme won't be finished until December 2010.We suggest recording with Hjortspringlauget and Tilia Alsie at Nordborg Sø on Thursday 15 July, preferably in the morning if that suits you, but we can adapt to the time of day that suits you best. If that's not possible, is there an option for Friday 16 July? Possibly Saturday 17 July?My colleague Ole Egil Størkson is producing the series and he will be meeting you together withphotographer Odd Arne Olderbakk and presenter Samina Bruket.[...] Just let us know if you'd like to know more about our TV documentary series.We look forward to hearing from you and hope that Hjortspringlauget will participate in our TV documentary with Tilia Alsie.Best regardsGunn AasenAn agreement was reached and on the afternoon of 15 July, Tilia was driven out of the Linde shipyard and launched in Dyvig with a full crew. There was great support from the members for this event, which ended with a skippers' lunch in the Linde shipyard at around 8pm. From the logbook Sailing on 15 July 2010 It was a short sail of a couple of hours. Departure from the shipyard at 16.00 and return at approx. 18.30. The purpose was TV filming for Norwegian TV (NRK). Maybe a 5-minute feature on how the Norwegians came to Norway. (I wouldn't dare sail across the Skagerak in Tilia).The trip went from the launch site in Dyvig, out to the seaweed at Farresdam, where we went ashore. Then across the channel, and again across the channel, and all the way to the north side of the outer part. Out again to the centre and then directly to the pick-up point.The wind was strong and we had a hard time getting round the turns. We had a lot of drift when we were lying with our side to the wind. It was not a day for cosy sailing. The filming went well and after the trip out to the headland we got the photographer into the support boat. So there is footage both in and from the boat and of the boat from a distance. Watertightness The boat was very tight. Especially considering we were 24 people on board. Vind The wind was strong and came straight into the launch site, so there was a headwind all the way out to the point at Farresdam.According to. DMI measurement from Sønderborg airport, the average wind was 6-7 m/s during the time we were sailing. There was a lot of drift when we were lying sideways to the wind.CaptainDan Feldfos Clips from the film: Norwegian roots. . Film: NRK. The day after the event, we received the following email from Ole Størkson:(Translated from Norwegian)Hi. We're now back in Bergen, but we'd like to thank you once again for being so willing to help us out, and for making a huge effort to ensure that we got a good and exciting sequence for our TV series ‘Norwegian Roots’.We also have to apologise that we couldn't take the time to eat with you when it was all over. We hope you understand our tight schedule. We arrived at the hotel at 11pm and got up at 6am. Say hello to everyone from us, and have a great summer.Ole Clips from the film: Norwegian Roots.Programme host Samina Bruket in conversation with Niels Peter Fenger (cannot be seen)Film: NRK. The 3 programmes can be viewed at the Linde shipyard. It is also possible to streame the broadcasts directly from NRK. Sources Newsletter, September 2010, no. 3.Norske Røter, 3 programmes about Norway's prehistory. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
Exciting visits from Bornholm and Copenhagen A little over a month before the three local boat guilds' joint event at Sottrupskov on 1-2 July, Bo Iversen from TV2/Bornholm contacted us. In collaboration with Bornholm Museum, he is working on a major TV programme about rock carvings.‘Based on the rock carvings found on Bornholm, I will tell the story of Bronze Age rock art,’ Bo Iversen wrote in a letter to us on 24 May.He goes on to write:‘The Hjortspring boat is an important element in this story of rock carvings. At Hammersholm and Blåholt there are carvings of ships that are typically close to or identical to the Hjortspring boat.’Bo Iversen wanted to film when we put Tilia in the water and sail out from land. He also wanted pictures of the sailing crew taken on board the boat.Bo Iversen came over with Mogens Jensen from Bornholm Museum and participated in the sailing on Saturday, filming from Tilia, from the accompanying boat (M/S Als) and from land. Just look at the picture.Mogens Jensen could tell a lot about rock carvings and many other things from the Bronze and Iron Ages, so there was a lot of lively chatter between him and members of the guilds. When Bo had to return to their accommodation in Nordborg, Mogens wasn't done socialising, so he had to get a lift with Anton Johnsen later that evening. Mogens is now a member of our guild.In the week before we travelled to Sottrupskov, we received a new enquiry by phone. It was from Dorte Krogh, who was (and still is) filming a book about Denmark for Gyldendal. Apparently it's a periodic release, because as she said: ‘This time we want something other than furniture architects to help characterise Denmark!’ She too had to leave on 1 July if she didn't want to spend a large amount of DKK to get the boat in the water at the time she wanted.Dorte Krogh came and, like the Bornholmers, was very captivated by what she saw. Her driver had to remind her several times that they had to continue to Aarhus. The car had the engine running, but there were a few more pictures from a new angle that had to be included. Both products will be sent to us when they are finished.J.J. Kjær Rasmussen
Film footage of Tilia From the logbook: Sailing with "Tilia" on 3 July 2004 The company Agaton from Stockholm has been commissioned to make a film about shipbuilding in the Nordic Antiquity and wanted to do some filming, partly in the shipyard and partly during sailing. We were hired for a fee to carry out various sailing trips according to Agaton's wishes on Saturday 03:07 in the morning. A whole crew arrived dressed at 07:00 and at 07:30 (as always) ‘Tilia’ was in the water and we awaited the arrival of the film crew at 8am.We were ordered to remove glasses, watches and jewellery to look more contemporary. However, this meant that the skipper, in particular, had to feel his way around and sneakily put on glasses before landing, but the photographer could not see this.Møller-Olsen had to sail them round, and at 08:30 we left the floating bridge after repeating boarding and landing a couple of times.We sailed almost directly to the headland at Farresdam, where we again made landings and boardings, and this was repeated in the small bay east of Farresdam. We then departed for Mjelsvig, where we again sailed around so that the light fell on us. The photographer then came on board with us and took some close-up shots, and then we turned the bow towards the slipway, where we arrived at 10:30. Half an hour later we started the trip back to the shipyard after the Land Rover.At 11 o'clock, ‘Tilia’ was home again. This time there were three fairly large cracks in the sideboards, so we had to do a lot of scooping.By skipper Knud Skov Rasmussen Sources Newsletter, August 2004, no. 4. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
Press release from DR 2 Knowledge About By boat to the past - the story of the ancient boat from Hjortspring Mose on Als DR 2 - 28 August 2001 at 20.30. The prehistory 2,350 years ago, a foreign army attacked the island of Als. The enemy was repelled, leaving behind weapons and a warship that the victors sacrificed to the gods.A meeting between two wounded South Jutland soldiers in German military service at a hospital in Sønderborg during World War I revealed that there was probably an ancient find in Hjortspring Mose on Als. But it wasn't until after reunification in 1920, when Als became Danish again, that the National Museum was informed of the find. The famous conservator Gustav Rosenberg was sent to Als, where he spent two summers digging and brought back the remains of an ancient boat. Today it can be seen at the National Museum in Copenhagen. And it's actually a bit of a miracle. The preservation method used by the museum in the 1920s had disastrous consequences. The boat almost broke and had to be re-conserved using the same method as the VASA ship in Stockholm before it could be exhibited again. Tilia - a replica of the boat from Hjortspring Mose In Als, some local people got together in a guild to build a 1:1 replica of the ancient boat, based on the drawings that a Norwegian marine engineer Fr. Johannsen made in the 1930s after studying the find. The guild used the same materials as in the original boat, and the tools were copies of Iron Age tools. It was Johannen's drawings that formed the basis for the layout of the boat in the National Museum's exhibition at the time. But was this layout correct? The National Museum's staff are trying to find out.In collaboration with the Hjortspring Guild, Tilia, as the boat came to be known, has been out sailing several times with a team of elite oarsmen operating the paddles to test the boat's seaworthiness and how fast and how far it can sail in different wind and weather conditions. Tilia has also been measured and the results of the measurements have been entered into a 3D computer programme. This can now be compared to what the boat was thought to have looked like in the 1930s.All this data can bring scientists closer to finding out how the Hjortspring boat was actually constructed. The equipment on board suggests that the crew was an actual army of around 100 men, which again suggests a society organising itself, capable of beating back such a large enemy. But the big questions are, who was the enemy? And what happened during the dramatic events when someone tried to conquer Als? Photographer: Thomas Frank LarsenEditors: Anne Schoen, Anja Philip and Ulla Rønnow Sources Newsletter, July 2001, no. 4. Language The text in this article has been translated from Danish to English using the free DeepL translation programme.
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