Braiding Tutorial by a Viking in Gudvangen

Hello all! Here is a tutorial video of me getting my hair braided by Karin who lives as a viking in Gudvangen Viking Village, also called Njardarheimr.
Location: Gudvangen, Norway
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[@Erulilum]

My bald ass watching this 👁👄👁

[@kbyom]

I like to draw petroglyph ships on bald heads ❤

[@kursedaim]

@@kbyom😂💀😂

[@kursedaim]

My medium short haird ass watching this knowing I won't be able to do this

[@NenMagem9106]

My short curly hair watching this.

[@kursedaim]

@@NenMagem9106 lol

[@Ragnar1822]

This village would be awesome to visit

[@moomoominou]

Right?? \(•◡•)/ I love World Heritage sites! You can absolutely visit Gudvangen for hikes and tours and this particular village even has a historical tour where you get to experience a bit of what it was like to live in one of these Norwegian villages! So cool~! ^~^ Honestly, I'd love to go to one of these villages some day. My ma is Norwegian/Swedish (matrilineal) and Chahta/Basque (patrilineal) - not to mention my da being Nigerian and Cameroonian, but that's a whole different topic that could send me even further into making this comment even more of an excitable novel than it already is. 🤦🏾‍♀️😂 (Apologies for that, by the way! Lmao) But it's definitely a dream to visit mine, as well as others', cultural heritage sites! Anthropology and cultural sociology/history is something that's just so incredibly fascinating! (/･ω･)/♡

[@Diva_4720]

Guy from Romania here, getting the braids today 😆

[@TemurGvaradzeTV]

Beka Yngvar is a whole another level with his ''hayaaa'' :D

[@siglindefurst4290]

Du siehst gut aus! Mein Kompliment an die Dame gute Arbeit mit den Zöpfen 👍🏻

[@LGSW-mh2vz]

I never knew that my hair’s slickness was a Scandinavian thing! 😂 my mom is Swedish/Norwegian and my dad is an American mutt ❤

[@annec781]

Same, my mom was first generation Finnish and Norwegian, my hair is REALLY slippery the first day after a shampoo!

[@kbyom]

@@annec781yup! It’s actually easier to braid hair the 2nd or 3rd day because of that 👍

[@Bunnidove]

I have coarse, polish/Spanish hair.

[@bubbygal82]

what a beautiful place!

[@8309barbie]

Love it!

[@claudiareginadasilva9870]

Shooooow!!! Beautiful!!!👏👏👏👏

[@espenhatleskog]

Many thanks 😊

[@DearMissWhite]

The braids look great!! I would love to visit here one day, it looks incredible.

[@kbyom]

Thanks! 😘. We’re open all year but the braiding is special occasion 😢

[@kursedaim]

This makes me want to get Viking braids

[@randommoments5777]

bro i wanna live like that

[@bumblebee8024]

This man is beautiful

[@leonardamartello4615]

Woah, amazing work and model too!!🤩

[@espenhatleskog]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@leonardamartello4615]

@@espenhatleskog You are welcome, as always !!😊

[@FamilySmith]

LOVE IT!!!

[@espenhatleskog]

Thank you 😊

[@Naph008]

My hair is growing pretty long, trying to learn how to braid it myself My inspiration is the viking braids

[@5p3ctre3]

Looks amazing. She did an amazing job

[@kbyom]

Thank you! Espen always makes a great victim! 😘

[@madden12]

Looks epic

[@kbyom]

Gah! I’m only just noticing this now! Epic filming as always! You guys are such a fun bunch of beards to have around! So when am I braiding you again? I need to keep tabs on your hair growth ;)

[@brabbit7703]

I wish I could get my hair done by you. The braids look awesome the way you at the string would be perfect for slicked straight hair. Love from America. Baltimore Maryland to be exact.

[@kbyom]

@@brabbit7703 Aw :). Let me know if you ever get to Gudvangen. With advanced notice, I can braid around my work schedule :)

[@remisica]

There's so many good tips in here! Wish we could have a closer look at that hair tool she used, for that straight line, too.

[@knmplans]

Search bone bodkin or bone sewing needle. They’re fairly easy to find. What she’s doing with it has a name, it’s called hair taping and it’s what was done before hairpins were the norm.

[@kbyom]

Yup! It’s just a thin, dull, bone needle. I’ve also used dull needles made of wood and if I’m really desperate, a weavers needle or a darning needle will do the trick! But the bone one always looks great in the village. 😍

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

I never knew Scandinavian hair being slippery cuz my hair is same way but I call it silky slipperiness

[@Pandora10103]

What do you mean we have slippery hair?

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

@@Pandora10103 silky hair slippery hair it's where your hair is so oily that is hard to maintain I was just saying that I have that type of hair

[@kbyom]

Ah, my definition of slippery sounds like your definition of silky slipperiness. 👍 Basically, it’s harder to grip because it wants to slide out of your fingers. Not oily! Oily would be easier to grip 😅

[@celticgypsychick]

I am Scandinavian as well but my hair is red and curly. We always called our hair slick. It's not oily at all, it's just that the hair cuticle is so smooth that all the hairs lay right up against each other, therefore it does not have any grip or friction.

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

@@celticgypsychick that's cool well my hair is an oily either it's just very slippery and smooth as silk I just never knew that the nordics had that problem or that hairstyle back in those years is it something new I learned and it's something I like listening to you because I like more facts on nordics and I do have a tiny bit of red in my hair like a little bit and my mother's sister has red hairs and she's Nordic

[@pedrodourado340]

Perfect

[@espenhatleskog]

Thank you 😊

[@retamathis2395]

Love it beautiful life style

[@pepagonzalez6376]

Me encanta 💕

[@cougarslayer91]

Badasss🔥🔥

[@tonyoutdoorsuk3479]

Our Sister did an amazing job! ❤

[@chadlang3916]

Wow, that looks amazing Espen!

[@espenhatleskog]

Thank you so much my friend 🙏🍻

[@giulia-5359]

@@espenhatleskog I want to understand why you insist on sending your videos to those who don't care

[@jonathanmira8999]

My Dreams 😍

[@espenhatleskog]

🙏🙏

[@sauchi_sauchi]

Nice look

[@loreylane3918]

American here tapping into my Scandinavian roots .

[@Simone-fk1do]

I would love to live here 😍😍😍😍

[@roycupples3355]

Awdome. Just found this

[@watch-Dominion-2018]

Just now found your channel from Danheim Kala. You look amazing in that. The cinematography is beautiful. Will you make a full movie in the same style?

[@espenhatleskog]

Thank you so much 😊🙏 Yeah I hope I get the chance to make a full movie some day

[@andreastrenkel5535]

❤️‍🔥

[@espenhatleskog]

🙏🙏

[@Ragnar1822]

I live in the states and you should see some of the looks I get when I get my hair done. Yes my ancestors are viking. So I have the beard and the hair.. I have also been asked why do I have my hair done like a colored person? And I have to educate them that vikings have had this hair style way before..

[@Josh-nj1gw]

I feel like I need to be there

[@KlaxoziCS]

bro sounds like hes straight from skellige

[@zacharyhyatt971]

So i have danish viking blood and im trying to braid my hair in a viking style just im a dude and had short hair for most of my life and never realy knew how to do my hair a ponytail is what i can do also idk something about that place is just fucking buetiful i would love to own a place there and have it for like holidays or vacation

[@irbyjohnrrenel8387]

I wanna visit us maybe one day

[@patrickmatteocioca2668]

I am a romanian and it's just so funy to see that guy 😂

[@infiltrator000]

May I come live there? Pleeease? I have a Viking soul even if I dont have Viking genes. So may I?

[@Bunnidove]

Vikings actually did come from nearby areas not all norweigen. People joined their boats

[@tkendrick5319]

How do you look after this?? How long does it stay like that?

[@moonlightfitz]

😊

[@JOHNDUTTONYELLOWSTONE]

People still live the viking way that's sick I didn't know.that

[@RoyalCrown81]

good intro

[@espenhatleskog]

Thanks 😄😄

[@RoyalCrown81]

I am also a big fan of yours i followed you on tiktok ❤️❤️❤️

[@RahelbruhBruh]

@espenhatleskog are you single you are beauty full and handsame,

[@jorgeverdinfernandez3253]

Love that 🍺

[@kolethall2716]

The um, Pepsi and coffee cup on the table was pretty authentic.

[@espenhatleskog]

So is the camera this is filmed on 😅

[@tishkatihon]

Omg This blond guy is the male version of me😮

[@Bunnidove]

Ah, I'm only 20% danish, my hair is black from the spaniard part of me. Id kill for light hair without killing it with bleach

[@giulia-5359]

I made you smarter espen hatleskog

[@MuzycznyWiking]

Wolę krótką fryzurę i długą brodę pozdrawiam 🔥🧔✌️

[@kbyom]

But those are harder to braid.. 😢

[@MuzycznyWiking]

​@@kbyomwystarczy brodę spinać nie każdy wiking miał długie włosy jedni mieli krótkie a inni znowu byli łysi

[@kbyom]

@@MuzycznyWiking i like to draw smiley faces on bald heads 🙂

[@_s43]

شوف التعاليق 😂 + اول عربي

[@wolverines_boneclaws5362]

RAAAAW🗡🪓🪛

[@wolverines_boneclaws5362]

THE WOLVERINE!

[@saraferry9072]

*promo sm*

[@escatofago]

i want a viking waifu

[@UNRR]

er hune amerikansk da

[@brandoncook8300]

White hair. Most beautiful

[@chronosxun]

I dont undestand why vikings had such a bad reputation in the middle ages. Its was such a beautifull culture. All they wanted was gold, land and raping.

[@Bunnidove]

They were not always that violent. The sea is their first priority. Feeling the ocean wind.

[@shatiralawrence4268]

Those are African braids. Intelligent people know this. Use common logic not cultural appropriation.

[@AngelBomb5000]

Yeah, just like all those bog bodies- they were stealing hairstyles from Africa 8,000 years ago.

[@shatiralawrence4268]

@@ChillinB There is no research anywhere that will refute cornrow braids as AFRICAN in ORIGIN.

[@ExposedRoot]

Did you hear the make it tight but not super tight or else it looks like a basketball player? You folks are too much. There has to be a law in the US that allows black people to wear their hair like this and you guys are playing dress up and getting your history from a TV show then literally insulting a look on someone with a different shade of skin wearing a style that is considered more appropriate for their ancestry. This is literally the definition of cultural appropriation or culture vultures. It's not about the style that you're wearing it's the comment that you made regarding it that sends the wrong message.

[@user-nw8fz9lf8g]

🤣🤣😂🤣🤣 absolutely not

[@balkanemperor876]

This type of braiding exists in europe for thousands of years in REAL and PHYSICAL proof of statues, especially in southern europe. Northern europeans since the iron age have been found with their hair braided. The oldest statue with a person who has cornrows was found in France and its 25.000 years old. This is literally a basic hair braid, which probably existed since forever, so from what afrocentric website you have the idea that they are "black"(subsaharan african)? Doesn't matter, because its wrong. African Americans are the ones using it extensively right now, that it's true, but doesn't mean they invented shit. I repeat, this is literally the most basic form of braiding ever, it's nothing special about it, like in the case of dreadlocks. Modern humans probably know this form of braiding since they know how to make fire. So just go back to your cave and don't leave it anymore.