Finnish actress Krista Kosonen plays a viking warrior woman Alfhildr in a Norwegian fantasy tv-series.
She speaks Norwegian in the tv and did not speak the language before taking her role.
Her character Alfhildr has an Icelandic last name Enginnsdottir. The series shows the time of vikings when Norwegian vikings roamed all over Europe and also Iceland.
Kosonen had the last say herself on how she wanted the charactor to look like physically.
The Finnish last name Kosonen seems strangely similar to names in Serbia, especially Kosovar, but there is no known relation between Serbs and Finns despite them sharing some particular ancient European genes.
seriously fuck the vikings. what is this obsession with a largely inconsequential group of bandits?
the modern viking trope is just post apoc, dystopian, dirty face, fingerless glove, hood wearing, blood soaked, dressed in nothing but brown fan service.
Luis Richardson
they did change the face of British isles forever though
Nolan Kelly
Kathryn Winnick from the show Vikings is ethnically Ukrainian
Did “shield maidens”, or whatever they’re called, actually fight with and alongside men? This seems like a bit of revisionist history seeing as Vikings were patrilineal, militaristic and feudal.
Blake Gutierrez
Who cares?
Luke Bailey
they existed and did fight. but they weren't nearly as common as modern media suggests.
Caleb Richardson
They were uncommon but not unheard of, basically you might see one or two on a raid but never an entire troop of them.
Brayden Taylor
No, they almost certainly didn't fight as regular warriors on tribal armies. There probably existed holy cults of valkyriar who were holy priestesses of Odin. In pre-viking times, probably preroman they might have fought and from this the tradition may come.
>Patrilinear
In Kate viking age yes, we dont know what were they before
>Feudal You are retarded. Vikings were tribal and their kings werent feudal monarcha but tribal warchiefs. Feudalism in its film form came to Scandinavia in 12th century or even later
I would think only a small percentage of women participated in fighting and most women were just like women usually are
But I wouldnt claim that no shield maidens ever existed, its obvious that scandinavian women are fierce and have male qualities. I merely live in Finland but am actually an Italian man. So these are my observations of Scandinavian women compared to Italians. Italian women may fight with words yes, but not with swords.
Andrew White
point of this thread?
Landon Watson
And the actor that played Ragnar in the earlier seasons was Australian
Landon Gray
They never fought. They were literally women who would bring shields when asked during the fight.
Leo Hughes
who cares, a snowniggers is a snownigger.
Sebastian Thomas
Vikings First season isnt bad, but it goes to shit pretty quickly after that.
Hunter Young
The roles of Halfdan and Harald Finehair are also played by Finns in the show Vikings.
Nolan Lopez
I WILL ALLOW THIS
Parker Powell
>what is this obsession with a largely inconsequential group of bandits?
Nothing you would understand. Return to consuming tacos and watching overpaid Africans throw balls around, mutt.
Jackson Carter
No they did fight, it is in the eddas of a few women that did go on raids and some where made captains. Again very few in number actually did this most women stayed at home and raised their kids.
You're lucky it isn't a nigger in the role. Stop complaining
Jacob Clark
NO ONE CARES
Jace Murphy
Who keeps designing these medieval-esque TV series? It's like they all have the same costumes from the same closet as Game of Thrones. All historically inaccurate with these weird stylized bits.
Jackson Wilson
>The Finnish last name Kosonen seems strangely similar to names in Serbia, especially Kosovar, but there is no known relation between Serbs and Finns despite them sharing some particular ancient European genes. Retardism in a sentence. Akshually >Kosunen on suomalainen sukunimi. Nimi kuuluu vanhaan karjalaisnimistöön, mutta sen etymologia on epävarma. Se saattaa juontua venäjän vinoa tai kieroa tarkoittavasta sanasta, mutta se voi yhtä hyvin pohjautua germaanisiin Konstantinos-nimen puhuttelumuotoihin. Nimen rinnakkaismuoto on Kosonen. So it perhaps comes from word meaning crooked or Konstanz. Just for simplicity say it's Finnish for Costanza.
Mason Hill
>had slaves/serfs >had clans and hierarchies of nobility >not feudal
Please, describe for me what the differences are between a feudal state and Viking societal organizations. Why was there a great Viking exodus if they didn’t have a concept of inheritance and land ownership? Tribal groups don’t farm much and they don’t settle which are two things vikings definitely did.
Wyatt Hill
The fins are based
Jason Turner
Vikings were not feudal like Western Europe. Having a class structure and concept of land ownership doesn't automatically make you a feudal society
Gavin Anderson
But certainly vikings had feuds.
Asher Powell
Czechs and Slovaks were the best example of Feudalism in action, it was very different compared to what Scandinavia did
Matthew Scott
At least she is a nord and not a POC or an american.
Xavier Peterson
I think they once dug up one female skeleton with a battle axe or whatever and thus concluded that all women fought alongside, and most certainly way better and more effective than, men. The usual.
Adrian Ross
Sorry: Pekka is just drunk again. It's Walpurgi's night and all.
Only to defend camps. The “evidence” that they participated in raids is non existent. All of the skeletons were found in the time and place where there was a Viking settlement. Also, there are no written accounts of female warriors in English texts about the battles. You’d think that it would be noteworthy enough to them to mention at least once.
