Full History of the REAL Jarl Håkon
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00:00- Intro
04:25- Background
06:00- Early Rule
08:50- Saxon War
12:15- Harald Bluetooth War
15:30- Playboy
18:20- Downfall
19:50- Conclusions
Haakon Sigurdarson (Haakon Jarl) (Old Norse: Hákon Sigurðarson, (c. 937-995) was the de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995. Sometimes he is styled Hakon the Powerful (Old Norse: Hákon jarl hinn ríki) through Ágrip af Nóregskonungasögum and Historia Norwegiæ gives the less flattering name, that is Hakon Bad. Haakon was the son of Sigurd Haakonsson, Jarl of Lade and ruler of Trøndelag and Hålogaland. His mother was Bergljot Toresdatter, daughter of Tore Ragnvaldsson, Jarl of Møre. Adam of Bremen wrote that he was "of the stock of Ivar and descended from a race of giants". In the sagas, Haakon claimed descent from the divine lineage of Sæming, son of Odin. The Hakon Jarl Runestones in Sweden may refer to him. Haakon became earl after his father was killed by King Harald Greycloak's men in 961. Haakon Jarl warred with King Harald for some time, until he was forced to flee to Denmark, where he conspired with Harald Bluetooth against Harald Greycloak.
The two arranged the death of Harald Greycloak around 971, after which Harald Bluetooth invited his foster-son to be invested with new Danish fiefs. Civil war broke out between Haakon Jarl and the surviving brothers of Harald Greycloak, but Haakon proved victorious. After this, Haakon Jarl ruled Norway as a vassal of Harald Bluetooth, but he was in reality an independent ruler. For Harald, he attacked Götaland and killed its ruler Ottar Jarl. Around 973-974, he went to Denmark to help Harald Bluetooth of Denmark in his defense against the Holy Roman Emperor Otto II. Otto's forces successfully opposed an attempt by Harald to throw off the German yoke. After that Haakon paid no taxes to Denmark.
Haakon was a strong believer in the old Norse gods, even after Harald Bluetooth forced him to accept baptism around 975 and assigned him clergymen to take to Norway to spread Christianity. When a favourable wind came for Haakon to leave, he commanded the clergymen to return ashore, and broke his allegiance to Denmark. In 977 Vladimir I of Kiev fled to him, collecting as many of the Viking warriors as he could to assist him to recover Novgorod, and on his return the next year marched against Yaropolk I of Kiev. In 986, a Danish invasion fleet led by the fabled Jomsvikings was defeated at the Battle of Hjörungavágr.
In 995, a quarrel broke out between Haakon and the Trønders just as Olaf Tryggvason, a descendant of Harald Fairhair arrived. Haakon quickly lost all support, and was killed by his own slave and friend, Tormod Kark, while hiding in the pig sty in the farm Rimul in Melhus. Jarlshola is the location in Melhus thought to have been the hiding place of Haakon Jarl and Tormod Kark on their last night before the infamous murder at Rimul. After his death, Haakon Jarl's two sons Eirik Håkonson and Sveinn Hákonarson, fled for protection to the king of Sweden, Olof Skötkonung. - Розваги
Using people of any race as a tool for their own political agenda should be considered extremly racist and disrespectful.
You just described 99% of politicians, except using your own people can't be described as racist. If you think the career politicians respect the people you need a reality check.
@@whiskeytangosierra6 I never said that, and you also gotta seperate real politics vs political activism, which is the case in movies etc.
If minorities are used as a tool for political activism its extremly racist, because then you divide different races into categories, which the left often do.
If you are a minority reading this, no matter if you’re black, asian or any other minority, you need to call out this kind of racist political agenda before it gets out of control.
Can you imagine in the future, Martin Luther King being played as an Asian Woman? Because that is no different from placing a Black Woman as a Norwegian Jarl.
Exactly. Forcing a black character that was never there in to a historical story actually is disrespectful to black history. Why not celebrate and tell African, Asian, etc history.
Racist is an anti white slur. Call them anti white
@@callumbiasnow4825 Exactly
Personally I'm waiting for them to start riding dragons we might as well go full fantasy at this point.
How to train your dragon live action?
@@MadlandsMediaat this point let’s do it!! It may be better than the crap being shoved down our throats
Yea, like white washing.
I really wish we had a show, where they show the history as it really went down. Greetings from Sverige 🇸🇪
Couldnt agree more. A 'vikings' serie with actual events and people in it, unmodified and unpolitical. Sure fill in some person drama and whatnot, because obviously cant know every little detail, but stick to the historical scripts where it matters.
@@runarhe5913 🤣
Håller med!
No one would watch! People want to be entertained.
@@irresponsibleparent3 people can be entertained with real historical accuracy also to learn about how it really worked. Enough with misconceptions and outright lies
Love your videos!!! I am a second-generation Norwegian American on my mothers side; Stromme, fra Randesund, Holte, fra Tveit, og Benestad, fra Kristiansand. Other family members from Bergen, Oslo, and Hammar. On my father's side, I am a fifth generation Scottish-American. I keep in touch with my cousins in Kristiansand, but as of yet, I have not found my Scottish family. It's a big deal to me, and I miss my Norwegian grandparents, Johannes og Tomine deeply. They spoke only Nowegian to me. I truly want to say thank you, Mange Tusen Takk. Ha det, Don Wilson, Tacoma, Washington.
It honestly really annoys me that Vikings did this, they know exactly what they doing by putting a “person of colour” in this role. If the real Jarl Håkon was from Africa then the one in the show should be played by an African but as we know this is not the case. They did this to appeal to the “woke” culture and to show “inclusivity”.
I would not expect a show about Nigeria to feature a historically black Nigerian king as a white man and I would not want this to happen as it would be an insult to the real person and others.
This is coming from someone from England with a Norwegian grandfather so I can imagine how much more annoying this will be if you are actually from Norway
That's Hollywood for you tokenism and shoe horning is all they can do these days.
Is the bloke in this video actually Norwegian? He sounds very American. I know Norwegians, they don't sound like this bloke, this bloke sounds like an American that moved to Norway (or Norwegian but spent more time in America)
@@madMARTYNmarsh1981 Pretty sure he is Norwegian, yes. Most non Americans develop an American accent when they learn English
They give a plausible explanation for her as his wife who was picked up while he was travelling in northern africa. Didn't anybody else notice this? She specifically mentions that her husband brought her to scandinavia and she became a viking when he married her.
@@madMARTYNmarsh1981 ughh
I personally really like the history lessons that you share on here. You're a great speaker of the stories and the Sagas
One interesting story as well is king skötkonung who was the first swedish viking king in trying to convert us. Making a video on that mad man would be cool too
Indeed, Olaf Skötkonung (+ 1022), did a "prima signatio" (this means possibility to trade with "Christians"), en baptised in 2008. He plundered Upssala and stole the Hofskatt. Later he was killed. I wrote a paper titled: " The Christianisation of Scandinavia" in 1992. ( University Leuven)
Is it just me or has the vikings show really lost its roots? It started as pretty authentic and cool, even if historically inaccurate, but now it has been so... hollywoodified
this 20 minute video was more entertaining then the show, thank you for telling us such an epic tale
It's the one thing you never should do, change historical people, especially important ones, to make modern day political statements. They could have picked any name for this fantasy Jarl, but had to pick the name of a hero with opposite color (edit: not opposite race) and gender instead. Who is this exactly for anyway? I've read comments from black people that they don't really want something as unrealistic and woke in such a series, because they dont watch it to identify.
The wierd thing about it, most people do not even support this woke BS! Most people know that it is crap and some get pissed from it. My question is, who do they think that they are pleasing by changing the truth and culture?
They are merely paying homage to our culture's protected pets. If there was any history they had of any significance, I'm sure they would celebrate it. But they don't.
You’re right. Most black people I know don’t want this kind of foolishness. We don’t like being depicted as Peter Pan, Wendy, Alice in Wonderland, Lancelot, Jarl Anyone, or other beloved European figures. We want our own stories told. It is laziness on the part of the filmmakers because they just use black actors as fill-in spackle rather than researching our own history. These sorts of actions are disrespectful to everyone involved.
opposite race ❓👍🍌🍌🎈
She is not playing Jarl Hakon. She ist playin Hakon Ericsson who was a Vasall of Knut the Great.
Thank you for this. I've been called racist in expressing my view that it's disrespectful to portray European historical / mythological charecters as any other ethnicity.
Woke casting annoys me because the other way around there are cries of 'whitewashing' yet we can have a black Ann Boleyn, Achillies, Dickens charecters, Heimdall etc, without it being called 'blackfacing.'
I've been told by the woke that my faith is 'made up' I follow the God's of my ancestry, and we, (whites) should be colour-blind to casting.
Im not 'racist' I try and follow the good advice in the Havemel to live a good life, such as offering shelter and food to those in need. But then I also encourage people to find and follow their own ancestry, so won't open Blotr or Moot up to those not of our heritage.
Your videos are refreshing in a woke world, again thank you
You are entirely in your right.. Another youtuber(metatron) went over blackwashing in historical television, and had some incredibly valid points, like why don't they make shows about some of the incredibly rich and awesome African culture instead of racial casting tons of white historical figures as other races.
You know what's crazy is I was watching a video on Medusa the other day, went to read some comments and it was full of blk ppl claiming that Medusa was a black woman, her head of snakes was code for dread locks and that ancient Greeks were actually blk ppl.... I'm not even joking... this is getting insane
They are doing it on purpose to get under your skin. I don't watch any of those shows. We should never let Hollywood be gatekeepers to our own culture and history. Avoid hand me down history. Your heritage is in your blood, not the story telling of race grifters.
@@Boudicaisback that doesn't suprise, a friend of mine from eritrea showed me an online article claiming that vikings came from north and west african coast because the irish used a gaelic word for black men (or something similar). But they didn't take into account that the irish named them so because of the deeds they did, not because of physical appearence. Needless to say that site is down now or else I'd link it just to show the absurdity.
Look up geirmund heljarskinn
One day I'll have the means and there will be a Viking show utilizing actual history and be cinematically well told. Mark me!
Please do it for us all!!! Humanity needs it
I would be as equally uninterested if there was a show about the Zulu wars with a white Zulu chief.
Now why am I imagining Ace Ventura Nature Calls when you just said this? 😆
I would be interested in a white Shaka Zulu, but I am not interested in black woman Vikings
Thank you for setting this shit straight.
Awesome video, always get super excited seeing you upload!
I thank you, my brother, for doing the work of watching the made for entertainment version of our heritage. I won't be watching and I was really looking forward to it.
I just finished watching your video about the Vikings from Trondheim and I have to brag a little. My girlfriend is American 🇺🇸 from Minnesota but her ancestry is Norwegian from Trondheim. 🇳🇴 A few years ago she went back there with her grandmother. She is a badass beauty. You don’t want to piss her off. My friends and I have a saying that comes from the English monks in the Viking age. *_Lord spare us from the wrath of the Norse-woman!_* (We changed it a little bit.)
I’m mostly of Scottish 🏴 descent but my grandfather was Norwegian his family was from near Kristiansand.
Good luck with your MMA career. I hope you do well. You have good genetics. 🇳🇴 👍
Cool.. I wish I could go to Norway with my grandma.she'll be 99 in May..😆 we're also Finnish and that's where they get their pride from.she thinks we're Laplanders From Finland but I did my research and it turns out we're from Alta Norway way up there..I don't have The heart to tell her..want her to pass happy when her time comes..😆🌬️🎩
@@sorrycharlie5773
Yes, not that being Norwegian is a bad thing (It’s a good thing.) but why mess with her head at that age?
@@vladtheimpala5532 Right.. the Finnish is strong with them..also everyone in My large Minnesota family on that side is missing a body part.fingers lung kidney hair teeth.. they say they don't care because that was their Norwegian part..!😆 I lost a leg hopping trains Half My Life ago and yes we take it with stride.. I'm recently learning how much I didn't know about anything. !!😏🎩 sorry for rant..😎
You're a great story teller my friend. Had me cracking up!
Been really excited for this video 😀
Mange tak for dine vinkler på så mange ting! De bedste hilsener Danmark
I created a Viking character called Rupert Rupertsson in a bunch of video games, and I unknowingly based him off Jarl Haakon, didn't even mean to lol.
Wearing California Republic gear!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Edit: I’m glad you’re breaking down the facts because the show Vikings had all of these (based on real people) characters existing simultaneously.
I love your videos Brother!! I am an English Heathen, with Saxon, Norse, Scots and Irish roots. Respect from England.
I’m a black woman and even I thought this casting choice was ridiculous.
It's getting ridiculous. These people making these choices aren't helping anything. Thank you for having a sound mind and common sense.
The explanation they gave for how she became a viking leader was even more ridiculous
Same. I don’t know what they were trying to aim for but they missed the mark. It didn’t make sense having her as a Viking king. None
always a pick me
It is embarrassing now
The history parts you do are also very nice and educational. Keep it up love your channel.
I'm from South Africa
I injoy all of your videos. Keep them coming. Thanks Brother.
Thank you! Awesome information!
MahahahAAaaaahhrgh! What have they done to my KING!! I can`t take it anymore! Respect and best wishes from the North:)
Love ur viedos brother . keep the fires of the old ways burning bright.
Thanks for the lesson my friend...I only watched the 1st episode just to give it a chance...I wasn't expecting this at all
Great video thank you 👍
Hi from Australia, I love your channel I'm fathers grandparents come to Australia from Denmark, I was really impressed by your honesty loving it.🇦🇺🇸🇯
Awesome video, Thank you!!
Fantastic video!
Thank you so much for your research and presentation. Yours and mine direct ancestors be very proud. I did always wonder about the Danish "owning" Norway you cleared that up for me. Not through invasion but different leadership styles. If we cannot learn from our ancestors we are doomed to repeat the same yes brother xx
I think its worth saying....her Haakon in vikings valhalla is a invented character, not the one we are discussing here. I believe her name is Estrid or something as well. It def gives off bad vibes using the Haakon name but it's not the same I guess. Still don't like a black female playing a jarl in that time period in Scandinavia.
I could only get through a few episodes of Valhalla until I was really annoyed with it. I can't really put my finger on it but it seemed really off-putting. I did enjoy most of the original series but the first 4 seasons were the main ones
It's terrible. Imagine we make a movie where Shaka Zulu is the a white or Chinese king of Africa
@@Ravishrex1 LOL!
I was so excited when this show as announced, but the more I learn about it the less I want to watch it...
Sounds like the last few seasons of the original show
Great post 🍻
Thanks for the info. Cause I was like what the hell,when I watched the series. Much appreciation and respect for you 🤘⚔️
In my teenage years, I was a Musashi fanatic. If I ever saw you portraying him in film I would watch it, though admittedly my expectations would not be very high and I would drink myself into a hilarious stupor while bearing witness to samurai duels. I must also say thanks for telling such a great history, it would be awesome if Hollywood could actually make a series of these historic figures without wiping their asses with history.
I wrote Micheal hurst a few days ago saying basically this, a lot less in depth and shorter though. He didn’t reply but I didn’t expect him too but he did see it lol
Great video.
Once again another great video, but I have a recommendation for a video about Margaret I of Denmark. I know that she is more of a Medieval ruler, but she seems important to Scandinavian History.
Awesome man thank you so much for this! 21 mins too :D I hope you do one on Bluetooths son that re-took denmark. (I forgot his name >_
His name was sven forkbeard ☺️
he is also portrayed in vikings valhalla
Awesome bro.
I’m not pagan but my love of the history of Scandinavian past because of most of my dna comes from there by way of Normandy , France and Norman English roots I’m offended anytime anyone whitewashes or blackwashes history I mean it’s nonsense but if people start to believe such fake history because they don’t know the true history then there’s a problem because they basically just erase a real historical person and events and nothing good can come from that ! I’m glad to see you explaining this to where people can see for themselves the actual historical figure ! Awesome content I never miss an upload of your videos !
Excellent points. The blackwashing has been an improper ”correction” to wrongs committed by the entertainment industry. About your heritage, do you have any recommendations of books, channels, etc. where one can learn about Norman history?
@@RoaringMind Yes one book in particular is quite good is “ A brief history of the Normans “ How a Viking tribe came to conquer Europe by Francois Neveux , that one is worth reading also Barbarian warriors , Vikings , Saxons and Normans by Dan and Susanna Shadrake a book I also have .
@@RoaringMind The Normans - men from the north ! is a good documentary worth checking out! You can find it here on UA-cam
It is part of thing that starts with G and ends with enocide.
@@michaeldaugette802 thank you for the recommendations :) i will check them out.
In my opinion (humble) I don't think you can understand a culture without talking about history and beliefs, as much as I like the "magic and beliefs" I also love the history and I think you're doing a great job with your channel. Oss💪🏻
Thanks for this
Thank you for sharing this knowledge and giving credit to the true characters of the past.
You were here and California and you did visit me. Next time!!!😄.
Great videos!!! Thank for work!!
Thank you for clarifying. I hate diversity for the sake of it. Hollywood and Netflix is lazy and disrespectful for not exploring African history. Why not do a series on African empires.
Exactly! They're lazy as hell.
WELL--- as a counter point, what about a white female Martin Luther King? Would Hollywood ever dare that?!
Using incorrect information in a film should fall under false advertising law
😂 enjoyed it man
I love your content
Thank you so much for the excellent content. Would you please consider to do a special on mysterieus places in the Nordics? Like Blå Jungfrun and Gamla Huppsala? Maybe simular places in Norway that until today have unexplained and magic fenomena
Also, there is nothing toxic about masculinity. These weak minded men that are running around today are way worse than a traditional man. Most men who have done horrible things aren't really respected by other men anyway. Men really need to go on a mission to find themselves again the same way women need to find themselves. It's all about our choices, we don't always make the perfect choice, but we can do our best not to do it again and not damage anyone else.
Even though I can’t get behind a lot of these new movements, I do agree with the notion of toxic masculinity. Toxic masculinity doesn’t mean masculinity is toxic, but a sect of it is. Eg. toxic masculinity to me is especially why many men (me included) don’t go to therapy and ask for help, but instead bottle our feelings inside, because we tell ourselves to ”man up/men don’t cry/men don’t do that”. We have this vision of what a man is supposed to be like, which shapes our pride and ego already as children, leading us into situations that could’ve been avoided, which hurt us in the long run. To me, this is a big reason why men’s depression and suicide rates globally are way higher than women’s. I will never judge another man for being like this, because I’ve been there, but there is a better way to live life. Get in tune with yourself and your emotions, ask for someone to help you through it (which is the hardest thing for a young man to do). Also, there are definitely toxic aspects of femininity which never get discussed, but that’s a whole ’nother story.
Yeah, there is indeed such a thing as toxic masculinity
If anyone believes masculinity is toxic then you have your definition of masculine man wrong. Yes, there are men who abuse their power over women, children, work situations where they use rank or who they know with a rank to mess someone up they don't care for and there's plenty more, but do you honestly think of those men manly? Are do you think of them as basically being a _itch? Men own up to their mistakes, sometimes they try to make things right without giving a apology which is a flaw, and yes most have a harder time expressing themselves when it comes to emotional issues but that's not exactly toxic, that's needing to find a healthy balance. I just can't go around believing that what was designed to be my counterpart is so deeply flawed. I still want a manly man for myself. It's fine if other women can be happy with someone overly sensitive, but I will tell you this, I've never met a alpha male who could look at a woman he care for and see disappointment and not strive to make better decisions. The ying and yang is there for a reason. It's true, we women are getting toxic too.
@@0mgskillz96 all the leftists who go to therapy don't even try fixing themselves, they just want someone to gush to. Men don't need therapy, men need to make their beliefs known and stand behind them. Your feelings about being disrespected by your wife, or coworkers, or friends? You tell them to their faces and you demand a stop to it, and if they don't, you leave. Doesn't matter how painful it is or how much it'll shake up your life, you take shit from no one. That's what makes you a man, you do what few others are willing to.
Heya dude, I hail from the UK but try to follow the Norse faith, love watching your videos as they are both educational and interesting keep up the amazing work sköll ( apologies if that's wrong but ya get my drift I'm sure)
Love from San Diego... love your the history lessons
Casting Caroline Henderson as Jarl Haakon is like casting Tim Hanks as Shaka Zulu, Ken Wantanabe as Vlad the Impaler, Oprah Winfrey as Julis Caesar, Gal Gadot as Alexander the Great, Amy Schumer as Oda Nobunaga, Chris Evens as Genghis Khan, Lucy Liu as Joan of Arc, Cate Blanchett as Rani of Jhansi, or Idris Elba as George Washington.
Greetings from Norway and a big fan of Håkon jarl. I have a few questions regarding some of the info in the video: You mention that "a couple of thousand norwegians" defeated the combined christian forces of Otto 2 - How did you come up with this number? And is it possible to estimate the the numbers of Otto´s force? You also mention "a rading spree" by jarl Håkon in which he supposedly raided a long list of locations in europe - can you mention what source exactly supplies this info, i read the Heimskringla and it dont seem to tell of this "raiding spree" by Håkon. You also mention that Harald Bluetooth employed "saxons and soldiers of the roman empire" to fight the Norwegians at the battle of Hjörungavägr - can you cite the exact source for this also? You also mention that the norwgians "was greatly outnumbered" during aforementioned battle - can you cite the exact source for this informartion? Im a big fan of your channel and your videos regarding Viking history. Btw there is strong indication that the Uí Ímair held all of Scotland under tribute for 30-40 years - a feat even the romans couldnt match in their finest hour..
I appreciate the historical information, and your politically incorrect presentation of it. I’m an American with ancestry of varied European origins, but I do have some Norwegian ancestry, so I appreciate hearing about Norwegian culture and history in particular. Thank you for sharing.
Someday we will get a real honest historically correct movie or TV show about Vikings.
It's already here, it's called "The Northman" and it's awesome
@@kamurashops I know, I'm going tomorrow to see it. I watched the making of the movie and it looks really good, can't wait.
@@dierkrieger I'm planning my second viewing, I hope this movie sets the stage for more historical representation in films
The hair pulling hand chopping is brutal..!! Thanks for sharing..💪
Dude , you gotta let us know what Music keeps playing in the background.. I want it XD
Tak!
Thanks for this. Being born in Lade this vikings show is awful to see. It could have been so much more! The characters would make for an amazing drama. You ever been to Trondheim? If you ever go you should make a video when there. For those who have not:
Standing in the city square is the 18 meters tall statue of Olav Tryggvason who has a head at his feet symbolizing Kark, and from there looking North you can see the "Hammer of Lade" where all the Earls including Haakon lived and pretty much controlled the country.
If you turn right/East about 100 meters away you'll find the "newer" Maria-church built by Harald Hardrada. Walk a bit further and you can find the leftovers of the Olavs-church where St Olavs body was put the first night, and also the Klemens-church where his shrine was put for people to see. Later it was moved again. (I'll post a link to those sites below as they have recently been dug out and it's quite amazing to see.)
Turn right again/south and look about 200 meters away and you can't miss the massive Nidaros Cathedral which is of course the monument of St Olav, and where he is buried somewhere under the floor. Or is he? No one knows. But we hope so.
If you exit the church and cross the river you will pass the place where the Maria-Monastary used to be and that is the grave of Harald Hardrada. His monument is sadly gone with time. He deserves a new one, but might lose out in size to his brother :)
Oh and in the Nidaros Cathedral you will also find the tombs of Magnus the 2nd, Olav Kyrre, and Haakon Magnusson (Hardrada's sons and grandson. And of course St Olav's son Magnus The Good.
Olav Magnusson, Øystein Magnusson and Haakon Herdebrei who were all Kings after the famous guys also have their graves here.
All the stuff in the city is in ca 1km distance, and to lade there is another 2km. A lot of Viking history in a short space :)
historisketrondheim.no/klemenskirken/
Welcome back to the States hope you enjoyed yourself back home & thanks for the video
You forgot to mention that Thormod Kark was not only Håkons best friend but also he's slave. And the reason for chopin' he's head of was as a warning to slaves, and let them know to never betray their master for their own gain.
Good video by the way, bout time someone made a video of Håkon Jarl. 👍 Especialy now when so many people think the series is accurate history 🤷♂️🤦♂️
Thank you for respectfully explaining why this beautiful black actress didn’t work for this role. You all have a very interesting history. As someone who ancestry claims is 1% Norway (I’m a BW from Mississippi of all places) I justified in my mind it could be true. Like you said no one wants to see their image erased. Great job.
It's like having a white Zulu king back in the day of shaka. It was just not possible
@@Ravishrex1 indeed.
Dude love your channel!! You here in LA? Love to connect
3:00 "The real leader is the one that is most stoyyic, the most calm.-
- doey coco jiaz
Yup, Olav Trygvasson was a piece of work. Enjoyed the video!
I couldn't get past the second episode of that series because this pissed me off so much.
Legend :) Show would've been awesome if it was told like this :D
When I first saw this I felt as if somebody would have casted Shaka Zulu with a white guy.
Completely out of place and out of historical reality.
My children at first tried to defend the casting, saying it is anyway fantasy until I made clear to them that the historical figure of Jarl Håkon really existed and that he was neither a woman, nor was he of color. Also that he was an important historical figure and then by explaining that through Shaka Zulu they understood and changed their point of view, agreeing that the casting was disrespectful to the Norwegian history and also towards the actress.
Next we will have Black George Washington, Indian Marco Polo, Chinese Siegfried, Arab Eric the Red, African Musashi, Japanese Alexander the Great, Nubian Spartan warriors, European looking Genghis Khan , and so on etc.
it has become a bad habit of Hollywood to cast historical personalities with a different gender and a different color. That is wrong on many levels.
I was really excited about this "vikings"spin off...
Chapter 2 or 3, I saw this dark lady playing that role..
I qjited on that series
Why is Hákon a coloured woman in the Netflix show. I haven't seen it, but that seems very strange. I'm sure she is good, but that is like putting an Asian woman as Churchill.. I'm confused.
Secret Hollywood/Liberal Agenda stuff! It's in everything!
Blackwashing is very popular. They want white people of all kinds gone.
@@tishie42 I don't think that they want all whites gone . This is called inclusion, it's just a way to unite humankind by having different races to participate in world historic features.
They have shown Brazilian Portuguese type like you before as viking . Although neither a Portuguese or mulatto person are not authentic as a viking character, I just take it with a smile.
People who read and know history know the reality m
Tokenism that's why! Hollywood has been using our actors to tick the fake diversity and inclusion box!
@@onlythetruth4039 that is possible. However, if a any white person were cast as say, an African tribal king. There would be such a noise raised over it. Absolutely not inclusion. It only swings one way. Not inclusive and not fair to the history being portrayed. We have black Anne Boleyn. Is there a white Rosa Parks? Nope. It's not allowed. Also, maybe easy on the attempts at racially/ethnically profiling others. I'm Polish, with a married name... Lol
Perhaps that explains why I have 48% Norwegian DNA and 2% Danish! You had to be a badass to live in Trondheim back then. Holy crap, no Goretex. 🇳🇴
Thank you so much for all of your work and historical facts about Nordic/ Scandinavian history. I almost feel sorry for the ignorant viewers who will blindly take this Netflix series as fact rather than pure ‘woke’ entertainment ( at best. At worst, this is cultural appropriation and racist.
Appreciate you.
"Christianity did not become a major religion by the quality of its truth, but by the quantity of its violence." - Michael Sherlock
We got this saying in Norway; if you remove the trønders from the book of norwegian history, you will be left with pretty much the book covers..
True but their dialect is....baby talk😂
New MLK trailer is out next week.
Tom Hanks plays Martin Luther Kang.
from what i can remember from the show, she's said to be the wife of the old jarl. hollywood might have done, what they do and combine certain people.
but in all honesty this franchise abandoned history a while ago.( if it ever was a focus) i remember thinking, when she showed up on screen, that oh boy this gonna trigger some people, and it clearly did.
Jarl Hakon is turning in his burial mound.
1:30 "He ended up hated for his toxic mascalinally." - jordan steverson
The Viking Valhalla series reminds me entirely too much of Flash and Arrow. The first seasons were absolutely amazing! Historically inaccurate, yes, but still great. Then Ragnar died, and they moved to season 3 of Arrow and Flash, where it's obvious they're trying to stretch it out but you're still invested enough in the remaining characters. Now Vikings Valhalla comes out, and its like the offshoot with Atom and White Canary (was it Legends?).
They went from grizzly, dark period drama to...I don't even know. They neutered the term "Vikings" and castrated the show. They went beyond Game of Thronesing it and full on CWd it.
I think after Ragnar died, they should have made the show focus on Ivar, as he was def. a legend.
Jarl Haakon is not Haakon Sigurdsson. Jarl Haakon is a fictional character. Also she dies in the first season so it doesn’t matter moving forward in the show. If she had been Haakon Sigurdsson I wouldn’t have watched the show. Being that she is just Jarl Haakon a fictional character and dead now, I think the show will continue to get better. ....... Just going by all the research I’ve gathered. No disrespect.
Could you bring a video of inverse runes? I want to know if really was used between ancient norse people.
Those battles between the ottoman and Vikings would be awesome movie or the attempted invasion of Norway from Harald
Incredibly interesting video, especially the commentary on the Vikings show. But I just have to ask, how is your English so good? You have no accent. Are you mixed with American??
Yes, we know what dominant leader you’re referring to. And let’s hope, that we all can learn from history… says a neighbour lady from Denmark.
Awesome
Just received Heimskringla. Reminded me of a 15kg reading list from a Philosophy class! Solid.
Thanks to Jarrl Hakon, we are all probably cousins.........
The macro is the micro history is fascinating
Being from Norway I can understand what you mean, either way I think she did a good job at the role
Great "Pink bangin'bunny" Jarl Håkon. Alfa banger...
Theme of the story sounds really reallllly familiar
Where did you get your Mjolnir?
talk about Bronze age lurs, horned helmets and the sun chariot