Vikings
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Vikings is a Canadian-Irish historical drama series that follows Norse seafaring warriors during the Viking Age. The show explores the adventures, conflicts, and cultural impact of Viking exploration and expansion during this transformative period in history.
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Key facts
- Genre
- Historical drama Action War
- Created by
- Michael Hirst
- Written by
- Michael Hirst
- Opening theme
- " If I Had a Heart ", by Fever Ray
- Composer
- Trevor Morris
- Countries of origin
- Canada Ireland
- Original language
- English
- Number span no of episodes
- 89 ( list of episodes )
- Executive producers
- Morgan O'Sullivan Sheila Hockin Sherry Marsh Alan Gasmer James Flynn John Weber Michael Hirst
- Producers
- Steve Wakefield Keith Thompson Sanne Wohlenberg Liz Gill
- Production locations
- Ashford Studios and County Wicklow , Ireland
- Cinematography
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Vikings is a historical drama television series created and written by Michael Hirst. A co-production between Canada and Ireland, the series originally premiered on the History Channel on March 3, 2013. The series concluded with its broadcast on History in Canada from January 1 to March 3, 2021, after the second half of the sixth season was released in its entirety on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland on December 30, 2020. A sequel series, titled Vikings: Valhalla, premiered on Netflix on February 25, 2022.
It 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 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.
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