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Björn Ironside (Swedish: Björn Järnsida) (Old Norse: Bjǫrn Járnsíða), [a] according to Norse legends, was a Norse Viking chief and Swedish king. According to the 12th- and 13th-century Scandinavian histories, he was the son of notorious Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok and lived in the 9th century AD, attested in 855 and 858. [1]
Alyssa Sutherland as Princess Aslaug, Brynhildr's daughter and Ragnar's second wife. [2] Donal Logue as King Horik of Denmark, interested in joining Ragnar's raid to England; Linus Roache as King Ecbert of Wessex, the cunning king of Wessex; Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, son of Ragnar and Lagertha, in love with the slave Þórunn
The latter was a warrior-prince and sea-king. King Eric ruled the Swedish Realm after his father, and lived but a short time. Then Eric the son of Refil succeeded to the Kingdom. [1] Rurik and Erik was the same person. According to Olov von Dalin 1747 that referenced older Swedish sources Rurik was a son of Björn Ironside. Due to the fire 1697 ...
Alexander Ludwig as Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son and Torvi's husband; Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking ambitious to become the first King of Norway; Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger brother (part 1) Moe Dunford as King Aethelwulf of Wessex (part 1)
Robban Follin as Berserker, an assassin recruited by Erlendur and Kalf to kill Bjorn. He is killed by Bjorn himself. [7] Declan Conlon as Lord Wigstan, Queen Kwenthrith's second cousin and the head of the Royal Family of Mercia [7] John Kavanagh as Pope Leo IV; Adam McNamara as Thorhall, a Danish Viking who delivers bad news to Queen Aslaug and ...
The miniseries tells the story of how a seemingly "perfect" family’s world comes crashing down when their 19-year-old daughter, Stella Sandell, is accused of murdering her lover and arrested.
Sweden was first ruled by Ivar Vidfamne, then Harald Wartooth and his son Eysteinn Beli, before Björn Ironside conquered Sweden. He founded the House of Munsö, and the saga then follows his descendants until Philip of Sweden. [12] [13] The following chart maps the descendants of Björn Ironside according to the saga [14]:
Elizabeth Baur, who helped Raymond Burr bring the bad guys to justice as Officer Fran Belding on the long-running NBC crime drama Ironside, has died.She was 69. Baur died Sept. 30 in Los Angeles ...