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Freydís Eiríksdóttir (born c. 965) [1] was an Icelandic woman said to be the daughter of Erik the Red (as in her patronym), who figured prominently in the Norse exploration of North America as an early colonist of Vinland, while her brother, Leif Erikson, is credited in early histories of the region with the first European contact.
Agneson made her television debut when she was cast at age 19 in the fifth season of the History Channel drama Vikings as slave turned Queen Freydis, initially a guest appearance before being invited back to recur. After the character's death, Agneson was cast again as Russian princess Katia in the sixth and final season. [7] [8]
Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst.A co-production between Canada and Ireland, the series originally aired on the History Channel, premiering on March 3, 2013, and concluding on December 30, 2020, when the second half of the sixth season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland, ahead of its broadcast on History in Canada ...
While gladiators and Vikings didn’t face off IRL, Us Weekly is breaking down the warriors based on their respective historical dramas Those About to Die and Vikings: Valhalla. Both historic ...
Netflix is putting away its Viking gear. Vikings: Valhalla, an offshoot of History’s Vikings series, will conclude with its upcoming third season, which is slated to debut in 2024 on the ...
Goran Visnjic is taking on a fatherly role on Vikings: Valhalla. The actor has booked a major arc on the Netflix drama as Erik the Red, the legendary Viking father of Leif Eriksson and Freydis ...
Freydis and the people of Jomsborg make funerary shrines; a spy reports this to Magnus, who thinks his plan has worked. Magnus finds his father's axe and Freydis, disguised as a dying woman, tells him that Freydis died of the sickness. She shows him the way to his father's grave but escapes when they reach the site, pursued by Magnus.
Lagertha's tale is recorded in passages in the ninth book of the Gesta Danorum, a twelfth-century work of Danish history by the Christian historian Saxo Grammaticus. [2] According to the Gesta (¶ 9.4.1–9.4.11), Lagertha's career as a warrior began when Frø , king of Sweden, invaded Norway and killed the Norwegian king Siward.