Vikings: Valhalla True Story - Every Major Change To Real Life History
Warning: spoilers for Vikings: Valhalla season 1.
Vikings: Valhalla covers the final years of the Viking Age and features some key events from Viking history, but it isn’t exactly historically accurate, and here’s every major change to real-life history. Historical dramas have become widely popular in recent years, and on TV, one of the most successful shows from that branch is Vikings. Created by Michael Hirst, Vikings premiered on the History Channel in 2013 and started as a miniseries, but the first episodes were so well-received, Vikings lived on for six seasons, coming to an end in 2020.
Vikings initially followed legendary Norse warrior Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel) and his travels and raids alongside his Viking brothers, but as the series evolved, it shifted its focus to his sons – Björn, Ivar, Ubbe, Hvitserk, Sigurd, and Ivar – and their own journeys, becoming the protagonists after Ragnar’s death in season 4. Vikings explored the early years of the Viking Age, beginning with the Lindisfarne raid, but six seasons weren’t enough to tell all the exciting stories from that time, and so a sequel series was announced in 2019, titled Vikings: Valhalla.
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Set over a century after the events of Vikings, Vikings: Valhalla follows Leif Erikson (Sam Corlett), Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Frida Gustavsson), and Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter), who embark on a journey that takes them across oceans and battlefields, from Kattegat to England, to the Pagan temple in Uppsala and more. Vikings: Valhalla season 1 saw some key events from Viking history, such as the St. Brice’s Day massacre and the fall of the London Bridge, but not all of these are historically
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