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{{Infobox_character|actor = Fredrik Hiller|image = Thorkellthehigh.png|fullname = Thorkell|status = Alive|allegiance = Himself|AKA = The Tall|livelihood = Warlord|title = Jarl|siblings = [[Hemming]]|first = [[The Key]]|epcount = 1}}'''Jarl Thorkell''' is a Viking Jarl in Norway who arrived to the moot in [[Vestfold]] to vote for a king for all Norway. He doesn't approve of limiting his power in his hold or making [[Bjorn]] his king.
 
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|actor = Fredrik Hiller
 
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|image = Thorkellthehigh.png
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|fullname = Thorkell
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|status = Alive
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|allegiance = Himself
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|AKA = The Tall
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|livelihood = Warlord
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|title = Jarl
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|siblings = [[Hemming]]
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|first = "[[The Key]]"
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|epcount = 2 episodes}}
 
'''Thorkell''' is a Viking Jarl in Norway who arrives to the moot in [[Vestfold]] to vote for a king for all Norway. He doesn't approve of limiting his power in his hold or making [[Bjorn]] his king.
   
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==Appearances==
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==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
* Thorkell is loosely based on ''Þorkell inn hávi, ''a Scanian jarl and mercenary leader. 
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* Thorkell is loosely based on Þorkell inn hávi, a Scanian Jarl and mercenary leader. 
 
* The show uses Icelandic pronunciation for his name, where double "l" is pronunced as "tl". In other Scandinavian languages and in Old Norse, it is not. 
 
* The show uses Icelandic pronunciation for his name, where double "l" is pronunced as "tl". In other Scandinavian languages and in Old Norse, it is not. 
 
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Revision as of 05:10, 9 January 2020

Thorkell is a Viking Jarl in Norway who arrives to the moot in Vestfold to vote for a king for all Norway. He doesn't approve of limiting his power in his hold or making Bjorn his king.

Appearances

Season six appearances
New Beginnings The Prophet Ghosts, Gods, and Running Dogs All The Prisoners The Key
Death and the Serpent The Ice Maiden Valhalla Can Wait Resurrection The Best Laid Plans
King of Kings All Change The Signal Lost Souls All At Sea
The Final Straw The Raft of the Medusa It's Only Magic The Lord Giveth The Last Act

Trivia

  • Thorkell is loosely based on Þorkell inn hávi, a Scanian Jarl and mercenary leader. 
  • The show uses Icelandic pronunciation for his name, where double "l" is pronunced as "tl". In other Scandinavian languages and in Old Norse, it is not.