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Tonight’s the night Vikings returns for season 5 on the History Channel. I love this show, so I’ve been looking forward to tonight. For the last several weeks, snippets of the 5th season have been showing up in my Facebook newsfeed. I’m not into many shows, but Vikings is definitely one of them. Fortunately, its also a show my kids love. In fact, when we traveled to Norway this summer I made sure we incorporated some Viking themed scenery in our trip. Although it would have been hard to avoid Viking related sights in any trip to Norway.
In Flam, we took the boat out on the Aurlandsfjord. This Fjord deep in the heart of Sogn Og Fjordane is sublimely serene and overwhelmingly beautiful. As we boated around the fjord, we approached an outcropping from the cliff. There was a grassy area on this outcropping, which was home to a Viking Burial. It was pretty cool to see. As an aside, Lagertha according to legends is from the Gaula Valley, which is in the northeastern part of the Sogn Og Fjordane region.
Now that the show has started, I’m writing during the commercials. How fitting that Ikea is one of their advertisers, but I digress. As an American of Norwegian descent, I enjoy watching a show about Norwegian/Scandinavian history. My dad’s family emigrated to the US from Sogn Og Fjordane the very same region that Lagertha is thought to have come from. Clearly, I was born to be a modern day shield maiden or Viking queen.
Our trip through Norway gave us a deeper connection to our Norwegian roots, heritage and Norway. Now as I watch the Vikings, I long to go back and explore the Norwegian Countryside. Additionally, I’d like to explore Ireland, where the show is largely filmed, and the U.K. retracing the Vikings travels. While in France in 2011, we ate lunch at a small seaside Norman town. As we enjoyed our crepes, our view was a replica Viking ship moored in port. It was beautiful and imposing much like the authentic ships housed in the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo.
Finally, tonight’s song, in keeping with my Norwegian theme, is “Take on Me” by Aha. I know a collective sigh of relief went out as you realized I wasn’t gonna torture you with “What Does the Fox Say?”
I absolutely LOVE Vikings! It’s nice to see someone else enjoy the show as well. Norway is definitely one of my top places to visit in the future as well as the other Scandinavian countries. Also, these are beautiful pictures! Thank you so much for sharing your adventure. And show-wise, I look forward to seeing this civil war break out between the Ragnarssons and of course, Ivar and Lagertha.
I can’t wait to see what season 5 is going to bring! Norway is absolutely amazing. If you can get there, I’d absolutely recommend it!
Lagertha wasn’t from sogn & fjordane. She was from a place now called Skaun.. which is next to the river gaula in Trøndelag.. far from sogn & fjordane. Just thought I would correct you as she grew up 20minutes from where I’m from
Omg, I went back to my source. They had the wrong spot circled on the map with Gaula written underneath. I will correct that now. Thanks for the heads up.