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Jarl Borg returns to Kattegat to join forces with Ragnar, but during the night his men are burned alive and he is taken captive. Horik persuades Ragnar to delay killing Jarl Borg, in case his execution scares off potential allies. Ragnar visits the Seer who reveals that Athelstan is alive but spiritually torn.
Meanwhile, Jarl Borg remarries and decides to seize Ragnar's lands in retaliation for Ragnar breaking their truce. With all the able warriors gone, Rollo rallies the village's women, children and elderly, but Borg massacres them and seizes control of Kattegat. Rollo is forced to flee with Aslaug, her sons and Siggy.
Fredrik Hiller as Jarl Thorkell the Tall, one the jarls of Norway and a rival to Bjorn; Amy De Bruhn as Jarl Hrolf, one the jarls of Norway; Brent Burns as Skane, one of Harald's ambitious followers; Ivo Alexandre as Bishop Leon, who visits Kiev for Easter; Russell Balogh as Bishop Aldulf, a warrior priest in King Alfred's army
Ragnar's embassy to Jarl Borg in Götaland fails, as King Horik rejects a compromise settlement about the contested land. Driven by ambition and jealousy, Rollo agrees to support Borg against Ragnar. In Kattegat, a disease kills many inhabitants, including Lagertha's daughter, Gyda, and Siggy's daughter, Thyri.
Georgia Hirst as Torvi, the widow of Jarl Borg and the new wife of Erlendur; Greg Orvis as Earl Siegfried, one of the Viking commanders in the siege of Paris [3] Frankie McCafferty as Sinric, a polyglot drifter [3] Owen Roe as Count Odo of Paris [3] Morgane Polanski as Princess Gisla of West Francia, the daughter of Emperor Charles [2]
He played Jarl Borg in History's Vikings. [2] [3] Beginning in 2000, he has also appeared in several stage productions. With comedian Harald Eia and two others, he runs Teatersport Oslo. [4] More recently, he has had a recurring role in the American comedy-drama TV series Younger, playing the love interest of a character played by Hilary Duff.
Ben Roe as Guthrum, Jarl Borg and Torvi's son; Kieran O'Reilly as White Hair, Ivar's chief bodyguard; Frankie McCafferty as Sindric, a polyglot drifter; Alicia Agneson as Queen Freydis, Ivar's former slave, love interest and, later, queen of Kattegat; Albano Jerónimo as Euphemius, a Byzantine commander; Karima McAdams as Kassia, a Byzantine abbess
[citation needed] Jómsvíkinga saga tells that in 986, they attacked Haakon Jarl in Norway and were defeated in the Battle of Hjörungavágr. The saga recounts that Jomsvikings captured by the Norwegians and about to be executed exhibited courage and defiance, some being eventually spared by their captors.