The Åland Maritime Museum has an impressive collection of ship’s models, mostly sailing ships. Some were made on board ships by sailors in their spare time; others were made by professional model makers. Common to all of them is that they are of very high standard and show evidence of skill, knowledge and patience.

Viktor Andersson is one of the most famous model ship builders from Åland. As a boy he was already building model boats; as a deepwater sailor he began to build ship models in his spare time. His experience on sailing ships gave him a fine sense of proportion and a keen eye for detail. It also served as a good apprenticeship for the model ship building which eventually became his profession. All the models in the diorama are built at scale 1:50.