The Vikings universe is finally coming to an end on Netflix this week. The adventure series, which was still a bit smaller at the time, started 11 years ago on the History Channel. With Travis Fimmel and Katheryn Winnick as Ragnar and Lagertha, the epic began as a story of love and conquest. Over the years, Vikings developed into a complex political intrigue and battle drama that even got a spin-off: Vikings: Valhalla.
After the parent series ended in 2020 after 6 successful seasons, Netflix is now pulling the plug on Vikings: Valhalla. Season 3 comes out this week and then it’s over.
Netflix sequel to Vikings: This is what Vikings: Valhalla is about
Vikings: Valhalla takes place over 180 years after the original series and thus rather towards the end of the flourishing Viking era. Due to the big time jump, no main characters from the original appear, but there are plenty of references and allusions. For example, the protagonists speak reverently about Ragnar and his sons, who resided in the same halls in Kattegat.
Ragnar, Lagertha, Björn & Co. have become legendswhich is told in Vikings: Valhalla. Many Viking families now live in England, and many have converted to Christianity. But not all of them – and King Æthelred has this large number of Vikings murdered in his kingdom in the so-called St. Brice’s Day Massacre. This massacre actually happened and the story of Vikings: Valhalla begins a year later.
In the offshoot are three new characters in focuswhich again have a loose historical basis: the two siblings Freydis (Frida Gustavsson) and Leif Eriksson (Sam Corlett) and the Norwegian prince Harald Sigurdsson (Leo Suter). Freydis and Leif stumble upon a retaliation meeting of King Knut by chance. Together with Harald, he assembles combat units to take revenge for the massacre.
Swords, fists and flaming arrows fly in the trailer for Vikings: Valhalla Season 3:
Vikings: Valhalla – S03 Trailer (German) HD
The Vikings saga has already featured some huge battles. Judging by the trailer for the third season of Vikings: Valhalla, there will be epic battles to be seen one last time in the grand finale.
On Netflix you can stream the entire series universe
You can stream both Vikings and Vikings: Valhalla on Netflix in Germany. From June 11, 2024 The third season of Vikings: Valhalla is available and ends the series universe. So you can have a massive history binge with 9 seasons and a total of 113 episodes.