"Sweden and Norway which were Danish during the Viking era. Historians believe that the Danish invaders of Northumbria came from Jutland in Denmark, as mentioned in Cornwell's books, as well as some of the Danish islands and East Denmark (southern Sweden). Ubba from Season One really existed. He is thought to have led a mixed force including Frisians and men from Ireland. The TV series ""Vikings"" has him born in Norway and the son of Ragnar Lodbrok. There are records that support this, but some historians doubt it. In each of his books, Bernard Cornwell has a section giving details"
"Travis Fimmel Travis Fimmel (born 15 July 1979) is an Australian actor and former model. He is known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel series ""Vikings"". Fimmel was born near Echuca, Victoria, Australia. He was raised on a 5,500-acre dairy farm in Lockington. The youngest of three brothers, he is the son of Jennie, a recreation officer for the disabled, and Chris, a cattle farmer. Aspiring to be a professional Australian rules footballer, Fimmel moved to Melbourne in his late teens to play for the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL, but a broken leg"
"is ""El Tonto"" a comedy written, directed by and starring Charlie Day. Fimmel's favourite recreational activities include Australian rules football, camping, horse riding, surfing, riding motorbikes and going to the beach. Fimmel also played a celebrity cricket match in the 2009 Australia vs England Hollywood Ashes with fellow Australian actors Jesse Spencer from ""House"", Cameron Daddo, celebrity chef Curtis Stone, INXS bass guitarist Garry Gary Beers and cricket fast bowler Michael Kasprowicz. Travis Fimmel Travis Fimmel (born 15 July 1979) is an Australian actor and former model. He is known for his role as Ragnar Lothbrok in the History Channel"
"Tale of Ragnar's Sons The Tale of Ragnar's sons (Old Norse: ""Ragnarssona þáttr"") is an Old Norse story about Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. When Sigurd Hring dies, Ragnar Lodbrok succeeds him as the king of Sweden and Denmark. Many foreign kings come to take parts of his kingdom as they think Ragnar is too young to defend it. Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland and one of Ragnar's vassals had a daughter, Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr, who was very beautiful. He gave her a lindworm, but after some time, it encircles her tower and threatens anyone who approaches it, except for her"
"his ancestors. After this presentation of Ragnar and his sons, the tale continues by telling of English, Danish and Norwegian kings. Tale of Ragnar's Sons The Tale of Ragnar's sons (Old Norse: ""Ragnarssona þáttr"") is an Old Norse story about Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons. When Sigurd Hring dies, Ragnar Lodbrok succeeds him as the king of Sweden and Denmark. Many foreign kings come to take parts of his kingdom as they think Ragnar is too young to defend it. Herrauðr, the earl of Götaland and one of Ragnar's vassals had a daughter, Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr, who was very beautiful. He"
"fairly common during that period of time. The Tale of Ragnar’s Sons, on the other hand, mentions that the invasion of England by the Great Heathen Army was aimed at avenging the death of Ragnar Lodbrok, a legendary Viking ruler of Sweden and Denmark. In the Viking saga, Ragnar is said to have conducted a raid on Northumbria during the reign of King Ælla. The Vikings, however, were defeated, and Ragnar was captured by the Northumbrians. Ælla then had Ragnar executed by throwing him into a pit of venomous snakes. When the sons of Ragnar received news of their father’s"
"Ragnarsdrápa Ragnarsdrápa is a skaldic poem said to have been composed in honour of the Scandinavian hero, Ragnar Lodbrok, but likely actually addressed to some later Ragnar. It is attributed to the oldest known skald, Bragi Boddason, who lived in the 9th century, and was composed for the Swedish king Björn at Haugi. Bragi describes the images on a decorated shield which Ragnar had given to him. The images included: The extant fragments of ""Ragnarsdrápa"" are preserved in Snorri Sturluson's ""Prose Edda"". The episodes of Hamdir and Sorli and Heðinn and Hǫgni are explicitly ascribed to ""Ragnarsdrápa"" while the other"
"on 11 reviews, indicating ""generally favorable reviews"". Vikings (season 2) The second season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on February 27, 2014 on History in Canada, and concluded on May 1, 2014, consisting of ten episodes. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. The second season follows Ragnar's struggles with rival Vikings and his rise from Earl to King. The Vikings"
"Vikings (season 3) The third season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on February 19, 2015 on History in Canada, and concluded on April 23, 2015, consisting of ten episodes. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. The third season follows the development of Ragnar's family, and the Vikings as they become more entwined in English affairs, and also begin to raid"
"sons, and their adventures in England, Scandinavia and the Mediterranean. On March 17, 2016, History renewed ""Vikings"" for a fifth season of 20 episodes, which premiered on November 29, 2017. On September 12, 2017, ahead of its fifth-season premiere, the series was renewed for a sixth season, which will consist of 20 episodes. The series is inspired by the tales of the Norsemen of early medieval Scandinavia. It broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, family and descendants, as notably laid down in the 13th-century sagas ""Ragnars saga Loðbrókar"" and ""Ragnarssona þáttr"", as"
"season outing."" Vikings (season 1) ""Vikings"" is a historical drama television series, written and created by Michael Hirst for the television channel History. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season premiered on March 3, 2013 in Canada and concluded on April 28, 2013, consisting of nine episodes. It begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793, and follows Ragnar's quest to become Earl, and his desire to raid England. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> An Irish-Canadian co-production presented by"
"Vikings (season 1) ""Vikings"" is a historical drama television series, written and created by Michael Hirst for the television channel History. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season premiered on March 3, 2013 in Canada and concluded on April 28, 2013, consisting of nine episodes. It begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793, and follows Ragnar's quest to become Earl, and his desire to raid England. <onlyinclude></onlyinclude> An Irish-Canadian co-production presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, ""Vikings"""
"Lodbrok, such as ""Ragnarssona þáttr"", the Geatish king Herraud gives a small lindworm as a gift to his daughter Þóra Town-Hart after which it grows into a large serpent which encircles the girl's bower and bites itself in the tail. The serpent is slain by Ragnar Lodbrok who marries Þóra. Ragnar later has a son with another woman named Kráka and this son is born with the image of a white snake in one eye. This snake encircled the iris and bit itself in the tail, and the son was named Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. It is a common belief among indigenous"
"860s and secured loot or ransom, but, in a turning point for the history of France, the city's walls held against the Vikings' greatest attacking force in the Siege of Paris (885–86). Siege of Paris (845) The Siege of Paris and the Sack of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of France. The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named ""Reginherus"", or Ragnar, who traditionally has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok (Old Norse: ""Ragnarr Loþbrók"", contemporary Icelandic: ""Ragnar Loðbrók""). Ragnar's fleet of 120 Viking ships, carrying thousands of men, entered"
"Vikings (season 4) The fourth season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on February 18, 2016 on History in Canada. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. The fourth season consists of a double order of twenty episodes, split into two parts of ten episodes; the second half premiered on November 30, 2016. The season follows the battles between Ragnar and Rollo"
"group of hostages exchanged when the Danes and Saxons agree on peace. Staying with the Danes in the city over winter he again meets Ragnar, who saves him from death when Guthrum breaks the peace and murders the other Saxon hostages. Uhtred then escapes to find his wife. She was taken by Odda the Younger, another Wessex ealdorman (earl or noble), to the north. There he fights in the battle at Cynwit, where Uhtred finds himself fighting against Ubba Lothbrokson's Danes. In July 2014, the BBC announced that production would begin in autumn 2014 on a television adaptation, to be"
"son Alrik. In Gesta Danorum, Alf (Alverus) was the father of Yngve (Ing) and Ingjald (Ingild). Ingjald, in his turn was the father of Sigurd Hring and the grandfather of Ragnar Lodbrok. Yngvi and Alf Yngvi and Alf were two legendary Swedish kings of the House of Yngling. Some versions indicate they were brothers or other close relations. They killed each other. According to ""Ynglingatal"", ""Historia Norwegiae"" and ""Ynglinga saga"", Yngvi and Alf were the sons of Alrik. Snorri Sturluson relates that Yngvi was an accomplished king: a great warrior who always won his battles, the master of all exercises,"
"collaborating with TV director Bengt Lagerkvist led to notable performances on TV, first as Arvid Falk in Lagerkvist's TV adaption of Strindberg's play ""The Red Room)"" (""Röda rummet""), and in the popular Swedish TV-series ""Någonstans i Sverige (~Somewhere In Sweden)"", a series covering the years in Sweden during the time of World War II in Europe, where Ragnar played the character of fänrik Ancker. For a young audience today, in Sweden, he became unforgettable when playing the religious psycho Sten Frisk in the popular and long-running 1990s TV series ""Tre Kronor"" (1994) on Swedish channel TV4, a role that followed"
"him. Shielded by his clothes he managed to kill them by piercing their hearts with a spear. Herrauðr Herrauðr, ""Herraud"", ""Herröðr"", ""Herruðr"", ""Herrud"", ""Herothus"" or ""Heroth"" is a legendary earl of Götaland or king of Sweden, who appears in several medieval legends, in particular those relating to Ragnar Lodbrok (e.g. ""Tale of Ragnar's Sons"", ""Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok"", ""Krákumál"" and ""Gesta Danorum"", book 9). He also has a saga of his own in ""Bósi and Herrauðr's saga"". His main role in the sagas is as the father of Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr who gave his daughter one or two small lindworms which"
"have known the ""Thidrekssaga"", and therefore the ""Völsunga Saga"" is dated to sometime in the second half of the thirteenth century. The saga changes the geographic location of Sigurd's life from Germany to Scandinavia. The saga is connected to a second saga, ""Ragnars saga Loðbrókar"", which follows it in the manuscript, by having Ragnar Lodbrok marry Aslaug, daughter of Sigurd and Brynhild. According to the ""Völsunga saga"", Sigurd is the posthumous son of King Sigmund and Hjordis. He died fighting Lyngvi, a rival for Hjordis's hand. Hjordis was left alone on the battlefield where Sigmund died, and was found there"
"in the graveyard of the ancient church of St Michael and All Angels, where they are on public display. After this, the Vikings appointed one Ecgberht to rule Northumbria. Ragnarssona þáttr (""The Tale of Ragnar's sons"") adds a great deal of colour to accounts of the Viking conquest of York. This associates the semi-legendary king of Sweden Ragnar Lodbrok and his sons, Hvitserk, Björn Ironside, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Ivar the Boneless, and Ubbe. According to the stories, Ragnar was killed by Ælla, and the army which seized York in 866 was led by Ragnar's sons who avenged his death by subjecting"
"performed by Hilda Örvarsdóttir. The track was released as a single on October 20, 2017 together with a second version solely performed by Selvik. The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 92% approval rating, with an average rating of 8.3/10 based on twelve reviews. Vikings (season 4) The fourth season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on February 18, 2016 on History in Canada. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of"
"Vikings (season 5) The fifth season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on November 29, 2017 on History in Canada. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. The fifth season consists of a double order of twenty episodes, split into two parts of ten episodes; the second half premiered on November 28, 2018. The premise of the fifth season differs from the"
"was Ragnar Lodbrok. As Sigurd grew old, distant parts of his realm began to secede, and it is told how he lost territory in England due to old age. One day, he was in Västergötland and was visited by his brothers-in-law, the sons of Gandalf. They asked him to join them in attacking king Eysteinn of Vestfold in Norway. In Vestfold, there were great blóts held at Skiringssal. Unfortunately, ""Sögubrot"" (meaning the ""fragment"") ends there. However, the ""Skjöldunga saga"" is believed to be the original story on which ""Sögubrot"" is based and it continues the story (see below). The ""Skjöldunga"
"the main character Barnabas Collins (Johnny Depp) in ""Dark Shadows"" (2012), famous Viking warrior Ivar the Boneless in ""Hammer of the Gods"" (2013), pub landlord Mick Sturrock in BBC One's crime show ""The Coroner"" (2015-2016) and the Saxon King Aelle of Northumbria in History channel's period drama ""Vikings"" (2013-2017). Aside from his villain roles as cold-blooded Polo Yakur (a ""stand-out performance"") and unscrupulous Duke Ludovico it is mainly his portrayal of King Aelle - in ""Vikings"" the deadly enemy and nemesis of the legendary hero of the show Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) - that has recently shaped Ivan Kaye's international"
"after their grandfathers. The approximate dates of Sigfred's reign, and references to a King Harald who may have been either a predecessor, co-ruler or immediate successor of Sigfred, has led to speculations about a link with the legendary Swedish and Danish ruler Sigurd Hring. According to the sagas, Sigurd Hring defeated the Danish ruler Harald Wartooth at the Battle of Brávellir 2-3 generations before the first Danish conquest of England but the historicity of Hring, Wartooth and the battle are uncertain. According to the ""Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok"" saga, Sigurd Hring was the father of the legendary Viking leader Ragnar"
"Sigurd Hring Sigurd Hring (Old Norse: ""Sigurðr hringr"" (""Hringr"" meaning 'Ring'); (born c. 750 AD) was a legendary Swedish king mentioned in many old Scandinavian sagas. According to ""Bósa saga ok Herrauds"", there was once a saga on Sigurd Hring, but this saga is now lost. In the old sources, he is notable for winning the Battle of the Brávellir against Harald Wartooth and for being the father of Ragnar Lodbrok. The ""Hervarar saga"" tells that when Valdar died, his son Randver became the king of Sweden, while Harald Wartooth became the king of Denmark. Then Harald conquered all of"
"Ben Jonson, and George Chapman. A character, broadly inspired by the historical Rollo but including many events before the real Rollo was born, played by Clive Standen, is Ragnar Lothbrok's brother in the History Channel television series ""Vikings"". Rollo appears in Laura Frankos' satirical fantasy sketch ""The Old Grind"" in ""Chicks in Chainmail"". Rollo Rollo or Gaange Rolf (Norman: ""Rou""; Old Norse: ""Hrólfr""; ; 860 – 930 AD) was a Viking who became the first ruler of Normandy, a region of France. He is sometimes called the first Duke of Normandy. His son and grandson, William Longsword and Richard I,"
"Vikings (season 2) The second season of the historical drama television series ""Vikings"" premiered on February 27, 2014 on History in Canada, and concluded on May 1, 2014, consisting of ten episodes. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The first season of the series begins at the start of the Viking Age, marked by the Lindisfarne raid in 793. The second season follows Ragnar's struggles with rival Vikings and his rise from Earl to King. The Vikings raid further into England, and for the"
"with the Rus. He was, however, opposed by such a large foe that he could not win. When asked about how he wished to die, he decided to be burned alive at a stake of human remains Ukrainian historian Leontii Voitovych assumed that Hvitserk was possibly another name of Kievan prince Askold. Modern depictions of Hvitserk as a son of Ragnar include History's historical drama television series Vikings, where he features as Ragnar's son by Aslaug, (played by Marco Ilsø). Hvitserk Hvitserk (""Hvitsärk"") ""White-Shirt"" was one of the sons of the legendary 9th-century Norsemen Ragnar Lothbrok and his wife Aslaug."
"Snake-in-the-eye features prominently in History Channel's historical drama television series ""Vikings"" played by David Lindström. Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye Sigurd Snake-in-the-eye (Old Norse: Sigurðr ormr í auga) was a Viking warrior in the middle of the 9th Century. He was supposedly one of the sons of the legendary Viking Ragnar Lothbrok. ""Snake-in-the-eye"" as part of Sigurd's name denoted a physical characteristic. He was born with a mark in his eye, described as the image of the Ouroboros (a snake biting its own tail). The snake mark had been prophesied by his mother Aslaug, the daughter of the Valkyrie Brynhildr. As a boy,"
"Herrauðr Herrauðr, ""Herraud"", ""Herröðr"", ""Herruðr"", ""Herrud"", ""Herothus"" or ""Heroth"" is a legendary earl of Götaland or king of Sweden, who appears in several medieval legends, in particular those relating to Ragnar Lodbrok (e.g. ""Tale of Ragnar's Sons"", ""Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok"", ""Krákumál"" and ""Gesta Danorum"", book 9). He also has a saga of his own in ""Bósi and Herrauðr's saga"". His main role in the sagas is as the father of Þóra Borgarhjǫrtr who gave his daughter one or two small lindworms which grew so big that he had to promise her to the man who could slay the serpent(s)."
"Siege of Paris (845) The Siege of Paris and the Sack of Paris of 845 was the culmination of a Viking invasion of France. The Viking forces were led by a Norse chieftain named ""Reginherus"", or Ragnar, who traditionally has been identified with the legendary saga character Ragnar Lodbrok (Old Norse: ""Ragnarr Loþbrók"", contemporary Icelandic: ""Ragnar Loðbrók""). Ragnar's fleet of 120 Viking ships, carrying thousands of men, entered the Seine in March and proceeded to sail up the river. The Frankish king Charles the Bald assembled a smaller army in response, but as the Vikings defeated one division, comprising half"