Skeleton of Freya the walrus to end up in Oslo museum

Photo: Kragerø Brannvesen / NTB

The skeleton of the walrus Freya, who was euthanized in the Oslo Fjord, will become part of the collection of the Natural History Museum in Oslo. But the skeleton will not be exhibited.

After Freya was sent to the Veterinary Institute for an autopsy after the euthanization, the Natural History Museum in Oslo got in touch to discuss further use of the skeleton.

The museum has Norway’s largest collection of such objects related to natural history, which includes bones from wild animals. It is now clear that Freya’s skeleton will be transferred to the Natural History Museum when all investigations have been completed.

But Freya’s skeleton will not be exhibited. It will eventually be made available for use in research.

When the bones have been preserved, they will be incorporated into the museum’s scientific mammal collection, which is an important resource for researchers at home and abroad.

“One of the social tasks of the Museum of Natural History in Oslo is to ensure that valuable scientific material is safeguarded for the future. The museum has a mammal collection consisting of around 35,000 objects,” Kjetil Lysne Voje, associate professor responsible for the mammal collection at the Natural History Museum in Oslo, said.

“The walrus is a species on the red list. When a walrus is killed in the Oslo Fjord, it is natural to include the skeleton and a tissue sample of the animal in the scientific collections at the museum,” Voje added.

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1 Comment on "Skeleton of Freya the walrus to end up in Oslo museum"

  1. This is a little strange and might be a traumatic shock about death for children who have via the media known Freya as a full-fleshed living “person.”

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