The research project is entitled ‘Understanding Vasa’ and the archaeologist Fred Hocker is leading the work with a series of new projects which provide information about the ship and its finds.

Previous studies undertaken in relation to the salvaging and excavation of the Vasa have been amalgamated. In 2006, within the scope of the project, the English-language publication on Vasa’s discovery, salvage and excavation was published under the title ‘Vasa I – The Archaeology of a Swedish Warship of 1628’.