Vikings: Valhalla - Why Kattegat Is So Important
Warning! SPOILERS for Vikings: Valhalla season 1 ahead.
Kattegat spent the six seasons of History’s Vikings being central to the show’s characters’ stories, but it managed to become even more important in its sequel, Vikings: Valhalla. Valhalla takes place a hundred years after the events involving legendary Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel), his sons, and shieldmaiden Lagertha (Katheryn Winnick), and it focuses on telling stories loosely based on the history of other historical figures such as Greenlander Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett), his sister Freydís Eiríksdóttir (Friday Gustavsson), and Norway king Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). Contrary to real history, where they never met each other, in Vikings: Valhalla, Freydis and Harald meet in Kattegat and become lovers, with Harald also making the acquaintance of Leif in the important port and later becoming his brother-in-arms.
The fjord town of Kattegat was fundamental in Vikings, as it was ruled by Ragnar and all the raids he led to England departed from it. In Vikings: Valhalla, Kattegat arguably becomes more crucial, as it's not only suitably situated to welcome all the Vikings arriving at the call of King Canute of Denmark (Bradley Freegard), but it is also the best spot to let the Viking fleet from multiple countries depart for England. In the 100 years that pass from the time Ragnar ruled it to Caroline Henderson's Jarl Haakon being its current ruler in Valhalla, Kattegat became even bigger and a more pluralist port town.
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The main reason Kattegat is so important in both Vikings and Valhalla has a lot to do with its strategic location. It’s a port town, which is especially meaningful as the Viking
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