Vikings

2013–2020 · Action & Adventure, War & Politics, Drama · 6 seasons · ★ 8.1

Ended

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Synopsis of Vikings

In the fictional village of Kattegat lives Ragnar Lothbrok, a farmer who has devised revolutionary ships equipped with equally novel navigation instruments. His project clashes with the peaceful life of his community, which is used to working the land without aspiring to anything more. Ragnar wants to use his ships to launch raids against England, earn a name among the warriors and, with the support of his family and fellow warriors, become a Scandinavian king. Travis Fimmel stars as the lead in this historical drama series, which was created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel.

6seasons

89episodes

51 minper episode

8.1audience scoreTMDB · 7,958 votes

8.5IMDb rating651,364 votes

Seasons of Vikings

Season 12013 · 9 ep. · ★ 7.6

Season 22014 · 10 ep. · ★ 8.1

Season 32015 · 10 ep. · ★ 7.9

Season 42016 · 20 ep. · ★ 7.8

Season 52017 · 20 ep. · ★ 7.1

Season 62019 · 20 ep. · ★ 7.2

Cast by Vikings

Katheryn WinnickLagertha76 episodes

Gustaf SkarsgårdFloki71 episodes

Alexander LudwigBjorn Lothbrok71 episodes

Georgia HirstTorvi69 episodes

Peter FranzénKing Harald Finehair54 episodes

Alex Høgh AndersenIvar Lothbrok / Ivar the Boneless51 episodes

Jordan Patrick SmithUbbe Lothbrok51 episodes

Clive StandenRollo51 episodes

Travis FimmelRagnar Lothbrok49 episodes

Marco IlsøHvitserk Lothbrok49 episodes

Maude HirstHelga44 episodes

Jennie JacquesJudith42 episodes

Alyssa SutherlandAslaug41 episodes

Linus RoacheKing Ecbert41 episodes

Moe DunfordAethelwulf41 episodes

John KavanaghPope Leo IV39 episodes

George BlagdenAthelstan33 episodes

Adam CopelandKjetill Flatnose25 episodes

Jessalyn GilsigSiggy Haraldson24 episodes

Ferdia Walsh-PeeloAlfred24 episodes

Jasper PääkkönenHalfdan the Black23 episodes

Edvin EndreErlendur22 episodes

Ragga RagnarsGunnhild22 episodes

Alicia AgnesonFreydis21 episodes

Danila KozlovskiPrince Oleg of Novgorod20 episodes

Jefferson HallTorstein20 episodes

Ida Marie NielsenMargrethe20 episodes

Philip O'SullivanBishop Edmund20 episodes

Josefin AsplundAstrid19 episodes

Lucy MartinIngrid18 episodes

Kelly CampbellIngvild18 episodes

Scott GrahamFrodi18 episodes

Jonathan Rhys MeyersBishop Heahmund17 episodes

Morgane PolanskiPrincess Gisla16 episodes

Derek CarrollViking (uncredited)15 episodes

Ben RobsonKalf14 episodes

Nathan O'TooleBjorn Lothbrok14 episodes

Huw ParmenterRoland14 episodes

Cormac MeliaUbbe14 episodes

Darren CahillAethelred14 episodes

Technical Details

Created by: Michael Hirst
Address: Ciarán Donnelly, Ken Girotti, Jeff Woolnough, Steve Saint Leger, Helen Shaver
Writing: Michael Hirst
Photography: P.J. Dillon, John S. Bartley
Production: Keith Thompson, Steve Wakefield, Sanne Wohlenberg
Executive Producer: Michael Hirst, James Flynn, Alan Gasmer, Morgan O'Sullivan
Production companies: Shaw Media, World 2000 Entertainment, Take 5 Productions
Network or Platform: Prime Video, History
Country: Canada, Ireland
Original Language: English
Premiere: March 3, 2013
Last Episode: December 30, 2020 (6x20)
Status: Ended
Type: Fiction
Awards: Won 1 Emmy Award; 46 wins and 133 nominations in total.
Links: IMDb · TMDB · Official Website

Trivia about Vikings

The Norwegian group Wardruna provided much of the background music, and its founder, Einar Kvitrafn Selvik, played a shaman during the third season.

Former WWE star Adam Copeland was cast in a recurring role in the fifth season as Kjetill Flatnose, a violent and bold warrior.

The premiere drew six million viewers in the United States and outperformed all broadcast networks among viewers aged 18 to 49.

In Canada, the premiere drew 1.1 million viewers, and the first season averaged 942,000 viewers per episode.

In November 2019, Vikings: Valhalla was announced, a series set a century after the end of the original that would air on Netflix.

Michael Hirst initially rejected the actor considered for the lead role because his wife found him too conventional; afterward, the two reviewed new casting auditions until they chose the lead.

The show's explicit content raised concerns at History from the start, but Hirst and the director presented it as a creative opportunity rather than a problem.

Vikings received Emmy nominations for visual effects, sound editing, and title design, and won a Canadian Screen Award for its visual effects.

Sources: Wikipedia (Spanish) · Wikipedia (English)