Infopanel 18

A burial site dedicated to Viking women

These goods, together with the ship itself, suggest the funeral of an elite woman of extraordinary power and influence - possibly a queen or a priestess. DNA testing has established that one of the women was in her seventies at the time of death; the other around fifty. 
Their garments, grave goods, and the scale of the burial, point to political and ritual authority seldom seen in early medieval Europe.
Some scholars associate the older woman with the legendary figure of a “Viking warrior queen,” arguing that her role may have combined leadership, landholding, and religious power. The presence of ceremonial objects - particularly the elaborately carved animal-head posts - supports the idea that she participated in, or presided over, cult practices -  such as the seidr portrayed in the story of Kraka.
Who these women were remains unknown. Yet the message of Oseberg is unmistakable: women could stand at the very centre of Viking power.

Perhaps Kraka was the warrior queen who was buried in Oseberg.