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Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 – Cast, Plot, Release Date & More

Vikings: Valhalla is an upcoming Netflix Original historical drama. This is created by Michael Hirst and a spin-off of the popular History Channel series, Vikings. The series will be produced by MGM Productions like its predecessor which ran for six seasons.

Vikings: Valhalla Season 1- Cast & Plot

Set over 100 years after the events of Vikings, the end of the Viking age draws ever closer as the Kingdom of England stands tall against its Scandanavian raiders. After the death of King Edward the Confessor, three lords make claims to the English throne, changing the future of England forever. Now, the official Netflix page has been updated with a synopsis that is the following:

“The all-new VIKINGS: VALHALLA begins in the early 11th century and chronicles the legendary adventures of some of the most famous Vikings who ever lived – Leif Eriksson, Freydis Eriksdotter, Harald Hardrada, and the Norman King William the Conqueror. These men and women will blaze a path as they fight for survival in the ever-changing and evolving world.”

Vikings: Valhalla will have recurring cast members. Here it goes along with their role descriptions –

Sam Corlett (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) will play Leif Eriksson, a Greenlander, raised on the outer fringes of the known world. He comes from a tightly-knit family steeped in the old pagan beliefs. An intrepid sailor and physically tough, Leif is our entry into a Viking world in the throes of violent change.

Frida Gustavsson (The Witcher) is Freydis Eriksdotter who is fiercely pagan, fiery and headstrong. She is a staunch believer in the “old gods.” Like her brother, Leif. However, she reaches Kattegat as an outsider but becomes an inspiration to those of the old ways.

Bradley Freegard (King Canute), Johannes Haukur Jóhannesson (Olaf Haraldson), Laura Berlin (Emma of Normandy), David Oakes (Earl Godwin) will also be the part of cast members.