The Greenlanders is the first episode in the first season of Vikings: Valhalla, and first episode overall. It aired on February 25, 2022.
Synopsis[]
Plotting to avenge a massacre in England, Viking armies converge in Kattegat, but siblings Leif and Freydis exact a different kind of retribution.
Recap[]
In the Danelaw Viking Settlement, it is Saint Brice's Day, and Harald Sigurdsson leaves for Norway. Meanwhile, King Aethelred II has his men brutally murder the Viking settlers, including Harald's brother Sten. King Canute sends out a call for Vikings in Kattegat to form an army of revenge. Greenlanders Leif Eriksson and Freydís arrives in Kattegat and hear about the massacre. Freydis finds the person responsible for raping her years earlier: Gunnar Magnusson, a follower of Harald's older brother Olaf. Harald introduces himself to Leif and promises him great glory if he joins him. The Greenlanders create a diversion, allowing Freydis into the great hall were she stabs Gunnar. Then, at the moment that Olaf is about to kill Freydis, Jarl Haakan stops him. Harald tells to everyone Freydis claims revenge and has her reveal her scar to everyone. Haakan says that she will render judgement in the morning, to which King Canute also agrees.
Cast[]
Main Cast[]
- Sam Corlett as Leif Eriksson
- Frida Gustavsson as Freydís Eiríksdóttir
- Leo Suter as Harald Sigurdsson
- Bradley Freegard as King Canute
- Jóhannes Harkur Jóhannesson as Olaf Haraldson
- Caroline Henderson as Jarl Estrid Haakon
Guest Starring[]
- Bosco Hogan as King Aethelred II
- Wolfgang Cerny as Sten Sigurdsson
- Yvonne Mai as Merin
- Bill Murphy as Øgda
- Frank Blake as Birger
- Leifur Sigurðarson as Gunnar Magnússon
- Julian Seager as Jarl Gorm
Additional Cast[]
- Edward Franklin as Skarde
- Álfrún Laufeyjardóttir as Yrsa
- Lujza Richter as Liv
- Gavan O'Connor-Duffy as Njal
- Jack Mullarkey as Toke
- Sam Stafford as Ulf
- Matthew Malone as Viking Sailor
- Shane Quigley Murphy as Aelfrun
- Robert McCormack as Tomas
- Ethan Dillon as Vestian
- Jinny Lofthouse as Hertha
- Kenneth M. Christensen as Jarl Nórí
- Christopher Rygh as Agnarr
- Pääru Oja as Arne Gormsson
- Jay Cosgrave as Becken
- Tristian McConell as Largest Becken
Uncredited Cast[]
- Karin Floengard Jonsson as Woman
- Séamus Hanly as Servant
- Lucy Johnson as Shield-maiden
- Brendan Quinn as Merchant
- Caroline Simonnet as Shield-maiden
Episode Deaths[]
- Gunnar Magnússon
- Sten Sigurdsson
- Merin
- Danelaw Settlers
Trivia[]
- Harald Sigurdsson could not have been in England at the time of the St. Brice's Day Massacre which occurred in 1002, because he was born in 1014 or 1015.
- King Æthelred II's motivation for ordering the St. Brice's Day Massacre is simplified by excluding the decades of attacks on England by Viking armies in the late 10th century. Instead, the massacre is rendered as the ultimate evil act of a paranoid yet sympathetic man who lapses into a monster. Also left out is how these attacks were often based from Normandy, with the Normans actually helping the Vikings.
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