Votive ships

Votive skips are very common in churches in the islands of the Baltic sea. They are usually offered by sailors and fishermen communities to put their boat under the protection of God. In other countries, like France and Spain, votive ships are usullay offered to churches by sailors and fishermen who survived a shipwreck.

Finland

Houtskär church, July 2018
P.E.S., by Åke Sandvall, Houtskär, July 2018
Barque Maria, Iniö church, July 2018
The Osmo votive ship (barque), Holy Cross Church in Rauma, July 2019
Votive ship, Jurmo, picture by Cybèle 17
The Föglö church votive ship, July 2019
Votive ship Agent, Själö chapel, Finland, July 2018
The Sottunga chapel votive ship, July 2019
The Sottunga chapel votive ship, July 2019
"AID ÅBO NAGU", Nagu church, Finland, July 2018
Helsinki Lutherian church votive ship
Helsinki Lutherian church votive ship

Sweden

The "Gustav från Gefle" in Ulvön chapel, June 2019
The "Gustav från Gefle" in Ulvön chapel, June 2019
Votive ship in Pite-Rönnskär chapel, July 2019
Votive ship in Pite-Rönnskär chapel, July 2019
Votive ship (?) out of the Rökallen chapel, July 2019
Rödkallen chapel and its Lilliput harbour, July 2019
Votive ship, Härnösand cathedral, June 2019
Votive ship, Sottunda, July 2019
The Utö church votive ship, July 2019
The Utö church votive ship, July 2019
The RÅÅ MENTOR in Ulvön church, June 2019
Votive sturgeon in Lövgrund chapel, June 2019
Votive ship, Ulvön, picture by Cybèle 17
Votive ship, Malören, picture by Cybèle 17

Votive sturgeon, Skaghamn, July 2016

Skaghamn church, July 2019

Votive ship, Tankar, picture by Cybèle 17
Votive ship in Tankar, July 2019
Votive ship in the Kuggören chapel,June 2019
Votive ship in the Kuggören chapel, June 2019
Djupvik, Gotland
Fårö church, July 2012
Tingstäde churh, Gotland, July 2012
Mayflower, Bönhamn, June 2019
Mayflower, Trysunda, July 2016
Övergran church, November 2018
Öja
Elizabethian gallion of late XV century, Saint Nicolai Storekyrka, Stockholm
Votive ship, Täby church

Denmark

Herman, Præstö, Denmark, July 2017
Præstö, Denmark, July 2017
Votive ship, Bagø, picture by Cybèle 17.