Lagertha Freyjasdóttir

"I advise you to keep your friends very close,
for some of them will die only too soon.
And the others… The others will betray you."

• Name: Lagertha
• Last name: Freyjasdóttir
• Title: Ingstad
• Age: 49 years old
• Place of birth: Kattegat
• Place of residence: Hedeby
• Rank: Earl - Shieldmaiden
• Personality: Lagertha is a confident, brave, independent, and fiercely protective of her family. There is nothing that she would not do for them, especially her son Bjorn. She can be loving, and kind, but that is only towards those she loves and cares for such as friends and allies. She is a fierce shield maiden, who fights alongside her male counterparts, and is adept in battle. Like her late former husband, Ragnar, she also has a sense of adventure, as well as fierce ambition and the desire to rule.

Whilst using power wisely, and justly, she is extremely vicious to those whom she deems enemies.

Lagertha has a great love for children and was told by the Seer that she would have no more children other than Bjorn and Gyda. This prophecy, whilst true, was seen by Ragnar as dangerous, since she took unhealthy and unreasonable risks whilst pregnant, thus looking to "prove" the prophecies correct.


• Appearance:Fair haired which is usually long and braided, or places up in wraps of braids. Lagertha has slightly tanned skin and a slender, toned figure.
• Parents: Unknown.
• Siblings: Unknown.
• History: Lagertha returns to Hedeby after invading Paris with Kalf, Torvi, and Erlendur, and then kills Einar, Sigvard's nephew. When Bjorn arrives in Hedeby to free Torvi, Lagertha convinces her to leave with her son, telling her, "You only have one life." Lagertha then settles her accounts: She kills Kalf on the day of their wedding for usurping her earldom and reveals that she is pregnant. Sadly, she has a miscarriage once again and loses the child.

• Faceclaim: Katheryn Winnick