Thorkell

Thorkell
Character Information
Full name:	Thorkell
Status:	Alive
Allegiance:	Harald
AKA:	The Tall
Livelihood:	Warlord
Title:	Jarl
Siblings:	Hemming
Behind the Scenes
Portrayed by	Fredrik Hiller
First appearance:	"The Key"
Appearance Count:	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. At the moot, he cast his vote in favor of King Harald 'Finehair'.

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.