Very wholesome, you’ve got the making of a very friendly informative KZfaq channel. Wish you and your kids the best mate.

When did Bjørn become Swedish? Thought he was Norweagian

"Sit on high" translates well in English. Invokes an image of someone elevating themselves by sitting on the throne, or standing on the shoulders of those whole rule the land. The idea makes sense in English as well.

@@marcusantoniuskase9770 if u refer the show Vikings that show is extremly unaccuret! Like for example many of the people in it like Ragnar and ivar boneless is actully from Denmark! rollo and Ragnar is not brothers aswell! so take the show with a grain of salt! Tho good show but not historical accuret!

It's not frowned upon in America, either. I live in the midwest and have visited the Cahokia mounds in Southern Illinois many, many times and they literally have a stair set that takes you from the bottom of the largest mound to the top of the largest mound, and it's built right into the mound. And even so, our cemetery's are also the same way. You can walk along the graves as long as you don't vandalize people's gravesites.

great kids!

If that was here in britain the coins and sword wouldnt have lasted the night we're country of disrespectful, entitled kids... Great to see some cultures still have respect

@@DanC1987 The people of britain trying to take what's not theirs. What a shock.

@@John-qt8km On that note weve been pillaged by countless others including the vikings! But I dont disagree seems were a mini Murica

@@John-qt8km 🤣😭

Just watched your reaction video to the show Vikings Was very good could tell you really cared about the show and the events

Because of Vikings?

My brother went to Scandinavia on a similar trip and really enjoyed it - learnt that a 'sense of humour' can be cultural i.e. joking about hings that other people would find a bit "off" e.g. joking at funerals about the dead; it's a bit expensive in those regions but the hospitality is excellent.

Same!!

Mee too boy

Björn ironside

I am....I love vikings so much, wish to visit Scandinavian countries

Did the archeologists check if there is actually something BENEATH the mound? Thank you

Hello from Scotland.?. Why was the TV show 'Vikings' about Ragnar Bjørn Røllø set in Norway and not Sweden..? Lovely video.. !

@@jbearmcdougall1646 I could be wrong but I’m assuming the borders of these Scandinavian countries have changed quite a bit since those days.

@@matthewgunther782 There was actually no modern borders like Scandinavia has today during the Viking ages the nations of Norway, Sweden and Denmark came to be from the efforts of mostly Christian kings.

@@jbearmcdougall1646 They made up and mixed characters and people from different eras. It is made for the show... not reality.

@@Stoniestboar01 is there a video of that?

Ha you moron! COVID-19 won’t be over as long as the politicians can use it for power traps!

Haha visit when the pandemic is over??? Who says that, what a moron you are lol, people have lost their minds

@@momchilm1495 i really dont get what you wanted to say? are you implying that pandemic will not be over or you think that travelling during pandemic is smart idea?

@Razors Edge in this media era i bet he would be made photo and uploaded to insta.

@Aslak Vikingsson wow thats awesome to hear. Thanks for the info

Would you happen to have a link of it. I would love to hear him talk about it.

Ha! Me too. His mound in the show definitely has much more stunning scenery

@@jamessweeney6428 this was probably better looking 1100 years ago :)

@@jamessweeney6428 1150 years ago the water level was much higher so this place could be seen for miles. So it was much more impressive then.

Me too

Ya. Thank you for your video. I must say that seeing you with your Grand Children makes me think of what that would be like, just for a second I can touch that thought because i am a childless man & the thought pains my shriveled heart. You are a very lucky man. Thanks again-

I am surprised that someone feels that way. Whoever wants their grave site to be forgotten, wants also their life to be forgotten. Sure Bjorn would like his grave to be a tourist site.

@@anvilbrunner.2013 Well given the fact most nature and historic memories have been flodded with tourists, it does surprises me. I am not saying I want it to be an attraction, just to be clear :)

I have the same question

@Aslak Vikingsson that is a good law!

Only because of the show Vikings.

@@Cthulhoop Right

@@Cthulhoop yes

@@Cthulhoop still he got a show in 2020🤭

@@micheljurgens OK?

That would make sense

In Sutton Hoo, England exactly this was discovered as well as other saxon treasures.

Sadly all too true.

I concur

Okay

I don't think this is necessarily a denial process. In the UK there are literally thousands of ancient mounds littering the landscape. I once had one in my garden when I lived there ! Only the ancient sites of particular fame and importance are actually guarded, because in this day and age of mass tourism, they would be annihilated by the sheer volume of well meaning visitors. Stonehenge is the obvious British example. However, just down the road you can directly interact with all the ancient artifacts in Avebury, and West Kennet long barrow. I really believe there is a continuous argument amongst the organisation involved with these sites, that argue protecting a site versus the publics right to access their history. Every one of us would have difficulty deciding which is best. There is also a strong argument that should places which are considered sacred by some, be denigrated to tourist attractions. Only a small percentage of the visitors to Stonehenge are there because of their spiritual beliefs. The Disneyland approach to ancient sites cannot be denied, and yet we all want future generations to be able to share the wonder.

Yea fuck the governments of the world

Thanks :)

There are 50 grave mounds in the place. Quite impressive plce. But the one called Björn Ironside grave mound is the biggest of them.

@@expeditionhistoria vikings had such an incredible way of honour I would love to travel back and meet Ragnar Bjorn ubba and the other ragnarsons

That part was one of the best since the earlier seasons. Season 6 was great

@@YearsOVDecay1 yes but still it is such a great story, better than the bible IMO

@@davecannabis i actully think the real events could be even better like a proper series of the historical great heathen army! Or like the swedish Vikings Traveling to constantinopel and greece and being bodyguards to the byantine emperor and stuff

Thanks!

it might not be ''the'' Bjorn Ironside !

I don't know if this is real i think this is.made long long long long after his death ..maybe even in current time Look how good the Stone looks that doesn't look like.a 8 century stone

​@@ryufight7987 While the stone is probably ~200 years younger than Björn, it's genuine and actually in much worse condition than most rune stones, even the older ones. Have a look at the Rök stone which is contemporary with Björn for example. The mound is older than the stone and they are not directly related to each other. So the stone is irrelevant in any case. That said the mound is probably older than Björn and regardless it's most probable that the legend about Björn being buried there was born at a later date. But it's no doubt whoever was buried there was an important figure.

@@ryufight7987 Doesent look that good, i seen runestones that probably predates this one that looks better.

They would love to take your culture and history but don't let them.

They want to take your culture for themselves if you haven't noticed, they keep saying vikings, saxons, Romans, Greeks were black or arab all the time but when you come up with the facts they claim its all false

@@assassin3003 who is them you are talking about I never heard somebody make does claims but I have seen many making the claim you make

@@mondriaa www.rt.com/news/480640-scandinavian-airlines-commercial-fail/ People like this

@@assassin3003 That’s fuckin hilarious. No black dude I ever knew EVER claimed to be Norsemen or Saxons. If anything it’s being related to Ancient Egypt. Y’know that wore out Kangz n Shiett shiietttt?

thanks :)

You're welcome! I have a Facebook group with 5,400 members where I write regularly about Swedish history in the English language.

@@expeditionhistoria I would like to be part of that group 😁

@@jacoboaxellozanogonzalez6825 Look for World of Swedish history in Facebook groups! Welcome! :)

Me too as I want to see the historical places of my ancestors 💯❤️ I mean how AMAZING that would be 😍🤗

“Big summer blowout” 😂

"Yoo Hooo!"

😂😂

Its the "Swedish old guy English accent" I'm Swedish and have an English sounding accent, so not all of us sound like that, leave him alone :D

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Where is Ubba's grave?

Where?

And I've seen bigfoot... he is all over utube, what's ur point?

@@stonefox9124 why so negative?

@@Finley_ Don't feed the trolls 69 :)

Not 100% sure if it is still there! Many mounds were damaged by relic looters. I get pretty upset when anyone loots a graveyard from any age belonging to any culture.

@@christianfreedom-seeker934 Serpent mound is 100% still there. I live pretty close and visit at least once a year.

how do you trace your ancestry? I would like to do it too

@@shootinbastard i use ancestory.com and pay for the world subscription so I have access to world documents. I also did the DNA test.

50% percent Swedish, so what's your other 50% percent? hahaha, I'm 100 % Swedish and I'm just wondering :)

@@whilliamnilsson1929 20% Norway, 17% England, and the rest was a little of German and Irish.

@@Kelsthompson89 Cool

What resources did you use to discover your ancestry?

@@jessicawoodard108 ancestry.com was able to trace it using others. Had a rough lineage to start and it was easy to trade after that. There were royals dukes and jarls but Bjorn was by far the coolest one in my opinion.

You were able to find some DNA samples.... how did you managed that ??

@@richclarke1523 Thank you for the interesting comment, the info/link about the Vikings of the great Heathen army which died in Repton. Since Ivarr was born around 794 and probably died in Dublin around 873, of dysentery (?) being around 79 year old at the time , they probably moved his bones to Repton. It is said he wanted to buried in England, however I was not able to find out where that info came from. The carbon dating seems accurate. Hoping for more existing news in the next few years.

The line of William Fitz-Osbern of Bretuile, Normandy, goes back to Bjorn so I understand. I'm not sure about my own lineage as the paper trail vanishes at around the time of the English civil war and Cromwell was a notorious burner of parish records.

This is a good idea, now to get a geologist/paleontologist with the right equipment there and make a youtube documentary about it... Watch that document blow up with views real fast!

Love that.

I have some bad news for you !

How did you know that???

So Ragnar is your 35th great grandfather

Harald Fairhair is mine.

Odin was my 98th grandpa

@@thomashawk21 thats just pure ignorance.

Same

I'm also super hard but your typos made me cry to the point where my eyes were a liability so i gouged them out. And then i remembered i still have lacrimal glands so i cried even more.

“I hate you for leaving me. I hate you for my loss. There is nothing that can console me now. For I am changed." 😥

No spoilers but that has nothing on season 6 wow 😪😪😪😪😪😪

Thanks!