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Imagine the Viking stories we would have if the Vikings actually documented things themselves

He’s telling these stories like he doesn’t want to wake up his parents.

“It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death! I shall not enter Odin’s hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The Aesir will welcome me! My death comes without apology! And I welcome the valkyries to summon me home!“

​i live in the oldest town in Ireland. our town was settled by vikings in the year 1036. when u drive in the town to shop u drive past a massive castle which surrounds the town. its so fucking cool. we have viking history all over our town.

How the little piggies will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered.

"YOU THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME! I'M IVAR THE BONELESSSSSSSS"

"My death comes without apology!"

Björn wasn’t only the first Viking to explore the Mediterranean. He was also the legendary first king of Sweden.

Jesus promised to kill all evil. Odin promised to kill all ice giants. See any ice giants lately?

If anyone went to Valhalla, it would be Ragnar Lothbrock

Odin isn’t the Norse God of War. That would be Tyr. Odin is the Allfather.

Rollo, known as Gange-Rolv or Göngu-Hrólfr in norse, was actually from an island called Vigra, outside of Ålesund. I know this cause i grew up there and we also have a memorial stone in memory of him.

"how the little piglets will grunt when they hear how the old boar suffered"- Classic.

All hail, Ragnar Lothbrok

It was not mentioned here but Ivar the Boneless, was, of course, King of Dublin until his death in Dublin in 873. Another viking Dubliner worth a mention is Olaf Guthfrithson, also King of Dublin, who led one of to the largest ever naval assaults on England with possibly up to 600 longships taking part. He, along with his Scottish allies, lost the battle in Buranburh(not sure if that is correct spelling?) but he did eventually become king of Northumbria.

Coming here after the vikings finale 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Because of the show Vikings, RAGNAR WILL ALWAYS BE THE MOST FAMOUS

5 - [00:50] Harald Hardrada 4 - [04:37] Rollo 3 - [08:31] Erik the Red 2 - [11:54] ALL HAIL!!! ⚔️Ragnar Lodbrok ⚔️ 1 - [15:32] Ivar the Boneless

Very proud to be a Scandinavian and being able to live on soil which once belonged to Vikings, it's awesome.

I can't wait for Assassin's creed "Vikings" game.

Ahhhh I remember when I plundered England and France. Good times... good times indeed.

In a world overrun with top5 channels, there is only one true shining light..... I'm talking about this fucking channel!

“...and takes the king’s daughter to be his wife, despite only being FIVE YEARS OLD at the time” *record scratch* hold up

Here are Ragnar’s last words: “It gladdens me to know that Odin prepares for a feast. Soon I shall be drinking ale from curved horns. This hero that comes into Valhalla does not lament his death. I shall not enter Odin’s hall with fear. There I shall wait for my sons to join me. And when they do, I will bask in their tales of triumph. The aesir will welcome me. My death comes without apology. And I welcome the Valkyries to summon me home.”

Your voice is perfect for story telling

Never stop making videos. Way better and more descriptive than watchmojo trash!

Anyone had been watching The Last Kingdom back to back while waiting for the season 5?

Love this channel bro thank you !

Whenever I look at videos like this I can't help thinking about the wars in the middle-age or the wars fought by vikings for example. Imagine what epic, extremely graphic battles we will only get a hint of through pictures. It brings a tear to my eye.

Unknown5: "And taking the King's daughter as his wife" Me: Nice one, Rollo. Unknown5: "Despite her being perhaps as young as 5 years old at the time" Me: Oh...

That Mount & Blade: Warband image at the beginning just makes me want to install it and play the Nords.

This is all great and all but there’s is a lot of disrespect for my boy FLOKI 👑

I could have been a great adventurer once, until I stepped on a Lego

Watching this video made me realise how much we use the "S" sound

“Power is only given to those who are prepared to lower themselves to pick it up”…Ragnar Lothbrok

A really good watch I enjoyed this thanks

Can't wait to see what Ivar accomplishes next season on vikings! It's gonna be so badass!

You should probably mention that "Rollo" was called "gange Rolf" meaning "walking Rolf" because no horse could carry him. His real name was Rolf not Rollo.

I never knew ragnar's story was that historically accurate from the show. I was surprised Bjiron Ironside and King Harold Fairhair didn't make it onto the list

I now see where assassins creed Valhalla got so much knowledge and inspiration from. I love everything vikings, so the game and learning about actual history is incredible.

LOL at the mount and blade warbands picture being used almost immediately. Love it.

Good video I have a feeling you will hit 100k real soon

Great video, I love learning about the Vikings.

Rollo: I will crush my enemies! His wife: I pooped my pants!!

Here from Sithfurion, really good job on the video man, it was really interesting!

Feels weird watching this, being Norwegian and having some English speaking guy giving me history lessons of my history. Anyways great video! Really Enjoyed!

Great video, and nice mount and blade warband title screen shot. Liked.

"Charles the fat" A king worthy of America.

Honourable mention to Eirik Blood-Axe, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, Egil Skallagrimsson, Harald War-Tooth and of course Harald Fair-Hair

i clicked this Video for King Ragnar!❤

I wish the Minnesota Vikings were this dedicated...

Well, the legendary Randy Moss once mooned the fans at Lambeau Field! That day, he became a legendary Viking!

you are amazing!! love your videos :)

Interesting. Thank you for the upload. You are a very good narrator, too. God bless you.

I love your voice it's so soft and soothing o.o creepin on you a lil bit

"when they dig up my bones I want them to say:these are the bones of the most famous viking to have ever lived. These are the bones of Ivar The Boneless"

0:29 including North America, which they called "Vinland" (Wine land).

0:11 My men and I would like a word with you about your purse and your belongings.

You have a fantastic voice and cadence for these type of videos. Well Done! Top 5 Old West Lawmen and / or Outlaws would be Jim Dandy!

Ivar was undoubtedly the son of Ragnar Lothbrok !!! His full name inscripted on a runestone in Norway mentions "Ivar Lawd-Brhowk"

The first Viking he talks about Harald Hardrada, during the Battle of Stamford Bridge a little excerpt from the wiki "The English advance was then delayed by the need to pass through the choke-point presented by the bridge itself. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle has it that a giant Norse axeman (possibly armed with a Dane Axe) blocked the narrow crossing and single-handedly held up the entire English army. The story is that this axeman cut down up to 40 Englishmen and was defeated only when an English soldier floated under the bridge in a half-barrel and thrust his spear through the planks in the bridge, mortally wounding the axeman."

One Viking you should have added to this is Raud Den Rame (Rauðr Inn Rammi), he was a fearsome Viking chieftain who lived in a place in Norway called Saltstraumen (Saltstream), which is known today as tourist attraction because it is one of the worlds strongest maelstroms hotspots. During the Viking Age, Raud was believed to not only be a fearsome warrior, but also a powerful shaman. Since ships and men who came in to attack him usually ended up getting crushed and drowned by the powerful maelstrom in Saltstraumen, which at the time was believed to have been summoned by Raud himself. When the Viking King, Olav Tryggvason (now Christian) wanted to convert Raud, he refused. When failing to convert him to Christianity, he decided to kill him instead. He died by having a snake forced down his throat, and the snake would go berserk and eat him up from the inside.. This was a symbolic death by the hands of King Tryggvason, because Raud had a very nice longboat with a dragon head in the front, and a curled tail in the back, fittingly named Ormen. (The Worm/The Snake). After King Tryggvason killed Raud, he took the ship because it was much nicer than his own ship, this ship also was used later by King Tryggvason as a model for his new ship, Ormen Lange. (The long Worm/The long Snake). Raud den Rame was one of the most fearsome chieftains among the Hålogaland Vikings, which were very feared and brutal Vikings living in a specific area of northern Norway. (Basicly the die hard berserker vikings pictured in media today.)

There's a song related to Harald's last battle: "The Berserker at Stamford Bridge" from Amon Amarth, good story.

Thank you!

This should have included Björn Ironside although I cannot decide who to take out to include him. Bjorn raided into the Mediterranean as far as Pisa and it was his siege of Luni that inspired the TV shows episode of how they entered Paris. He returned to Sweden to become king and started the Munso Dynasty that would rule from the early 9th century AD until 1060 AD.

I've been so intrigued with the history of Vikings, any suggestions on books would be great!

Finally I found a Vikings video that has some historical accuracy!

Great video, thank you. I'm the direct descendant of Erik the Red, so I found that portion very illuminating.

For those wanting to see something about Ragnars sons revenge on England watch the show The Last Kingdom. It should still be on Netflix. It follows the great pagan army as it ravages England and the last English kingdom left, Wessex led by Alfred the great trying to stop them. Alfred would go on to unite the kingdoms and form England The main character is an Anglo son of an alderman whose father is killed in battle and he's taken in and raised as a Viking. His adopted Viking father is killed by another Viking in order to steal his adopted sister to make her his bride and he tries to go home but learns his uncle wants to kill him and be alderman himself. He flees south to Wessex and eventually swears fealty to Alfred so he can work his way up to get revenge on the people who killed his adopted father and eventually retake his birthright It's pretty unbiased with good and bad guys on either side. Not glorified. Alfred isn't made out to be some super human figure of strength and righteousness It also goes over the whole Christian vs pagan stuff pretty well Even though the main character is by birth an Anglo and was baptized his identity is that of his adopted family of the Norse and pagans. Lots of side switching and fighting adopted brother against adopted brother

anyone else miss Ragnar on Vikings? I get it that we are on to the next chapter but loved his character and the actor was very good.....bring on Ivar but RIP Ragnar!

It’s really cool how Ivar in AC Valhalla calls himself the boneless. Didn’t realize it had historical significance until watching this video. Love these little details!

It's fun knowing that I am related to not only Rollo, but Ragnar and Ivar as well.

Odin was the All Father; not the god of war. The god of war was Tyr.

The tone of this is what evokes calm and helps you sleep regardless of what is being uttered. Try it....you’ll see !

Can't wait to dive into the comments for some great facts and no mention or quotes from the tv series Vikings.

"Oh how the little pigglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar had suffered"

Man as a swed🇸🇪 it’s nice to see all different countries being intrested in the viking history.

I saw this and i subscribed 😁👍‼

wow that was really cool to watch

0:11 "That's a nice head you have on your shoulders."

As much as life is a lot better then it used to be, none of us will know glory like these men

4:20 "u ok bro?"

good choices! For this video, I would have thought of Harald "Finehair", who was allegedly the first king of all Norway, and also Svend I and Cnut The Great, who played an important role in the late stages of the viking era. Cheers mate!

"heathen!!" "christian!!"

“Follow me to Greenland! Oh, and stay away from iceland, it is Winther all the time there and the land is very bad for settling”

We should keep doing this, looks like a lot of fun

17:24 Ayy that image was used for Bathory’s Hammerheart album 🤘🏻

i definitely think that Canute the Great, who created the North Sea Empire, deserves mention, certainly above figures like Erik or Ivar.

HOW DAMN GOOD WAS VIKINGS SEASON 5?! CANT WAIT FOR THE SECOND PART!

Imagine Ragnar Lothbrok and Uhtred Ragnarson fighting together

So fascinating..

Bernard Cornwell's saga of Uhtred of Bebbanburg, a Saxon raised by Danes, give a very good insight into the Viking world and the battle to conquer England.

Unknown5 you're amazing

Very interesting

Nasty times to have been alive. Thanks for sharing.

I think I would've included Harald Bluetooth or one of his ancestors, as they've shaped Denmark's future

Hey Sithfurion sent me Fantastic video!!

Thanks for the video- really great to watch however......I would definitely have put Cnut in that list. The man once ruled almost all of Scandinavia and England at one time.....!

"Who knows, Ragnar, what the gods have in store for us. But this, I can never imagine. If you have gone to Heaven, then we will never meet again. And yet, I think Odin will ride like the wind, and rescue you, and take you to Valhalla, where you belong, my own sweet Ragnar. And there, there we shall meet again, and fight and drink and… love one another." - Lagertha [to Ragnar].