Vikings (TV series)
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Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst for the History channel, a Canadian network. Filmed in Ireland, it premiered on March 3, 2013, in Canada. The series concluded 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 from January 1 to March 3, 2021. A sequel series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, premiered on Netflix on February 25, 2022.[1]
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Created by | Michael Hirst |
Written by | Michael Hirst |
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Opening theme | "If I Had a Heart" by Fever Ray |
Composer | Trevor Morris |
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Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 6 |
No. of episodes | 89 (list of episodes) |
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Production locations | Ashford Studios County Wicklow |
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Running time | 45–50 minutes |
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Release | March 3, 2013 (2013-03-03) – December 30, 2020 (2020-12-30) |
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Vikings: Valhalla |
Vikings is inspired by the sagas of Ragnar Lodbrok, a Viking who is one of the best-known legendary Norse heroes and notorious as the scourge of Anglo-Saxon England and West Francia. The show portrays Ragnar as a farmer from the Kattegat who rises to fame by raiding England and eventually becomes a Scandinavian king, with the support of his family and fellow warriors. In the later seasons, the series follows the fortunes of his sons and their adventures in England, Scandinavia, Kievan Rus', the Mediterranean and North America.