Swedish Pagans - Vikings & The Russ - Sabaton History 099 [Official]

It was a sword-age, a spear-age - an age when fearsome Northmen, savage Vikings, and mysterious pagans from across the sea haunted the shores of northern Europe. The Swedish pagans, believing in the fate of the old Norse gods, traveled south across the Baltic Sea and deep into modern-day Russia. With their sleek longships, they sailed along the big rivers, ever southwards to reach Miklagard. Miklagard - the Great City - that was Constantinople, where the Swedish Pagans sold slaves and goods from the north for silver and coin. Those who made the long hazardous journey and survived the treacherous country were to be rich men.
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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell
Directed by: Astrid Deinhard and Wieke Kapteijns
Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Maria Kyhle
Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Brodén, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson
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Editor: Karolina Dołęga
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Sources:
Swedish National Heritage Board
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[@paulsmith5752]

Seeing Tommy present something. Nothing wrong with Pär or Jocke but nice to see one of the others get a go.

[@jonmarq1886]

13:10-13:59. That is all.

[@Big_E_Soul_Fragment]

"No one's gonna like this song" The fans: *And that's where you're wrong, kiddo*

[@GrievousReborn]

Sometimes the bonus tracks can be some of the best of a bands song

[@durandol]

I don't know about that. All I could hear was wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, wolf, and wolf.

[@Lefrog420Blazin]

Indeed

[@dregonthedestroyer1893]

@@SamlSchulze1104 wo oh Oh oOh

[@Memeposting]

nice Exeter Pfp

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

I mean: 1. It's catchy 2. it's Sabaton 3. It's about Vikings

[@davidty2006]

And That start up tho.

[@scottishbananaclan]

Yeet

[@Hugh__Jayness]

A formula that works

[@stalinsoulz7872]

Who the f doesn't want to hear Sabaton Songs about Viking Saga

[@borakrca3588]

I mean... Yeah

[@starsword-c2534]

The last Sabaton show I went to before lockdown, Atlanta in 2019, about three songs in, somebody in the audience just randomly started going "ohh-OHH-ohh" and in seconds the whole venue was doing it (myself included). Joakim just freezes up on the stage and his head whips around and he's got this deer-in-the-headlights look. He goes, "Ohh, I see, you all think this is a democracy, like you get to vote on the songs. WELL YOU DON'T!" They did play it later though.

[@WPSent]

It's always hilarious watching Joakim's reaction to Swedish Pagans.

[@RandomMagus]

I saw their show in Vancouver in 2019 and the same thing happened. We all joined in for the ohhOHHohh a couple times, the last one was right before the end and Joakim said something like "damn I thought they forgot we said we'd play it" hahaha

[@lukedeakin7124]

I was there too, first metal show, awesome especially when they played it and everyone started sitting down to row a boat

[@davidty2006]

It's the only song that you can never not reconize the start of.

[@fullmetalgamers1276]

I was there, that was awesome. Likely elbowed you in the pit.

[@kerlongsjorlejov1945]

Yes. We got Tommy in the chair. It makes sense when you think about it. Also, happy you guys are doing this song.

[@Hendricus56]

Joakim would have to be forced at gun or "Noch ein Bier" point to do that honestly. Tommy jumps on the chair faster then his shadow

[@magnusthered4973]

Someone says Swedish pagans: Joakim: loads shotgun with murderous intent

[@cytorakdemon]

Tommy: "Oh-ooh-oh..." Joakim: "I'm bringing out the shotgun!"

[@evelyngravatt3198]

Crowd: "OOH-OHH-OOH" Joakim: "THATS IT IM GETTING THE MALLET!"

[@the_certified_moron]

"you dare oppose me mortal"

[@georgeweavers3100]

That moment when Joakim starts singing 'i kissed a girl' by katy perry at a concert to the tune of swedish pagans xD

[@BlondMysz]

TOMMY!!! YASS!!! There was no better person to be in this episode than him :D

[@davidty2006]

Yes because ye know why.

[@BlondMysz]

@@davidty2006 yup yup

[@wildwoodspiderling3068]

So my Swedish Pagans story comes from their show with Nightwish in Vancouver in 2015. I had done a two year intensive course at university and the show fell on the night of the last day of the last showcase for the last semester, the day everything was Done, Finally. I had been relatively sleepless and without days off for two years, and then extra sleepless with final projects and showcase preparations, and then stood about in a cold dusty showcase room with a cold brewing talking a lot to people about my work. My mom drove me home after the showcase (she'd been in town to see it) and i had just enough time to get changed and get to the venue. I was in full-on "it's over, it's done" .frodo and sam.lotr.gif mode. A little crazy around the edges. Being THAT excited to see two of my favourite bands on the day I finished a course that intense, and very excited to see it with my best friend, we were having a bit of a "guess the song from the stage banter" game. Joakim started talking about Canada vs Sweden and hockey and how the swedish are better/vancouver's team has often relied on swedish players, and things like this. So I had a suspicion. And then the first ooh-OH-ooh happened. You know when you get excited about something and you sort of pat your friend on the arm like -tap tap tap- Oh! Oh!! This thing! Welllll I got too excited and full-on punched him in the arm and he will never let me forget as long as I live. For the record he also does not get the excitement about this song, which makes it extra entertaining to me :p I also sung along to every sabaton and nightwish song at the top of my voice that night, and went out with friends after, ended up getting home at one in the afternoon the next day, and lost my voice so bad I couldn't speak for a couple weeks after. Worth it.

[@thormichaelpleym4975]

Ha, ha. What a nice story. Greetings from Sweden. /Micke P

[@christopherseivard8925]

Thanks Indy. As a lifelong Viking, my last name is “Seivard” they tell me it meant “Seafarer “. I embrace your story as, I sit here recovering from a Grand Mal Stroke ,and literally a year in the hospital,I am inspired.

[@MaskinJunior]

There is a region along the baltic coast called Roslagen. Many of the Vikings traveling east came from there.

[@Flokarl1]

So Indy brought a real Viking to the show. Tommy look like a Viking indeed!

[@W0DAN88]

LOVE THE BROODY HELMET LAMP

[@StevenLamkin-z6e]

You guys are awesome. Keep it up oh and indi is very funny 😂

[@SabatonHistory]

Thanks for that Steven, we're so happy your enjoy our material 🤘

[@StevenLamkin-z6e]

@SabatonHistory your welcome me and my brother will eventually come to Sweden whenever we get there if we have enough for it

[@_adonisk]

For those that don't know... Tommy has an amazing voice.

[@SabatonHistory]

He does!

[@Quixotic-rr8qu]

"No one is gonna like it" hmmmm Big hmmmmmmmmmmm Bigger Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm *Humming intensifies

[@landenmelvin1964]

I can't imagine how amazing it must feel to sing this song in a group of thousands. The power behind a group that big and that passionate. Hope I get to go to a Sabaton show someday.

[@kaitlyncashman577]

You need to go to one. I went to 2 this year. Amazzziiinnnggggg

[@Andre-zx7mu]

I felt this was my xmas present because i have been waiting for this song to be talked about.

[@thenewshaymetal666]

I don't think that they will be that surprised.Wagner wrote masterpieces inspired by Norse mythology

[@gilgamesh7055]

Wasnt he the guy that Hitler praised all the time? You know, the whole "One cannot understand naional-socialism, without understanding Wagner."

[@thenewshaymetal666]

@@gilgamesh7055 Hitler wasn't the guy who said it as far as I know.But yes,Hitler and many others at the Nazi party praised Wagner's work and for a good reason.Wagner was a good musician & composer.We hear parts of his to his day in many movies and most iconic in "Apocalypse Now".

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

13:43 "well bcuz it's a great song" *can't think of other reasons* then explain about this... noch ein bier thing

[@iamthrawn]

no suprise jokaim wasnt the guy with nidell at the start lol

[@durandol]

All this talk about Russ, and only one mention of wolves.

[@nonamed9613]

I hoped but didn't expect to find xD Ave Imperator

[@Legitpenguins99]

Do not speak or the wolves

[@tabbylocascio3995]

The Norse were also the reason feudalism became so prominent in Northern France to help garner support to protect the shores from the raiders.

[@HorsesArePeople2]

You should really have Tommy on more, he's such a great guy

[@KSPUnitedYT]

yes

[@rapcreeperproductions3269]

Best way to end a lunch break

[@thesneakymemedealer]

It's a bloody Christmas miracle

[@ztamizzen]

A thing i just realized, all Vikings had the same kind of boats, but the Swedes went east and the Danes and Norwegian went west so they shouldn't have interacted. Or they just hired the same guy. Anderssons båtvarv. Or Uniship. 🤪

[@d3.1415]

Oh whoa oh

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

Well this is a nice Christmas gift

[@nickthepersonidk6161]

Curveball!! :)

[@andreasottohansen7338]

I managed to catch this song last they played in Copenhagen, and me and the friends i went with were the most aggressive in singing the intro, because we would be damned if we weren't gonna hear the song, which may not be our favorite, but the one we sing the most. My voice had still not recovered three days later, when i went home from their place.

[@f.b.i3209]

Of course Tommy would be in this episode

[@Xeonise]

Tommy rocks! Literally and metaphorically.

[@veli-pekkakultanen2353]

My great grandfather brought commercial stuff from Oulu (Baltic sea) to Kemi (Northern Viena Sea) and backwards. I can not see, why this has not happened before, and more ranging.

[@unluckymonkey4382]

I was actually thinking about why they haven't made a video about this yet. Than I was like crap I ain't watched sabaton history in a bit.

[@TheGiggityG]

Yay! Tommy!

[@stalinsoulz7872]

Finally

[@NMahon]

Imo Tommy is the best guitarist in Sabaton, and with the stuff he's done in other bands I'd say he's probably one of the best guitarists around at the moment.

[@matejgamcik5356]

Finally... video made by HAMMER OF THOR

[@Matbb123]

FINALLY!!! A SWEDISH PAGAN VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!

[@LSAMace]

lol, why is Indy always injured! is he a bar room scrapper or something LOL!!!

[@Poctyk]

12:07 and Belarus AFAIK Belarus claims heritage not from Rus total, but rather from curious "principality of Polotsk"

[@diegodoesmusic]

It’s only right that it’s Tommy on this episode lol

[@furioussherman7265]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the Norse raids in the Mediterranean as part of the Viking exploits, where they rampaged through Spanish cities held by the mighty Ummayyad Caliphate and even making it as far as Constantinople. What's more, these raids are sometimes attributed to one of the sons of Ragnar Lothbrok, the equally semi-mythical Bjorn Ironside.

[@youwantmyname9208]

I'm excited for 100th episode

[@ibbi32]

no way it finnally happened

[@davidty2006]

It was Inevitable

[@jeffd5113]

I remeber when Sabaton came to Cleveland Ohio and they changed the song just for Ohio...the Ooo ooo ooo they sang O.o Hio, then the line Marching ashore forging Valhalla they changed to Marching ashore, forging Ohio with the hammer of Thor. Rhis was my first concert with them and now they have a fan for life!!!!

[@josephpeck8723]

I find that funny because my dad is from Ohio...and he is not a fan of them or paganism lol. (Its ironic because my dad is also interested in history.)

[@timothyissler3815]

I was the 2,100th like. Not that it means anything to all the "Whoooaaaaooohhh, oowwoooaaaaoooaaaoooaoohhh" Memes and comments, but watching the 2K go to 2.1K when I clicked was cool. Anyhow, *SWEDISH PAAAAAAAGAANS! MARCHING ASHOOORE! FORGED IN VALHALLA BY THE HAMMER OF THOOOR!*

[@bs8862]

Indy, what happened to your hand?

[@bjbutwig]

99 episodes of hoping Tommy is on the sweedish pagans and it's finally happend 🤘🤘 #moretommyplease

[@chenzenzo]

Skål Svenska! Massive love! 💙💛

[@djclabbe88]

Swedish Pagan is the new Seven Nation Army 😎🤘

[@cristiaolson7327]

Dude, I'm proud that my (swedish) viking ancestors were aware that bathing regularly was a good idea back when southern europeans still thought that you would die if you washed yourself between september and april. Oh, and they treated women as actual people, with property rights and the ability to demand divorce or to go to war.

[@mn_rifleman]

Time to learn some family history 🤘🏻

[@kkloikok]

I mean who else could they have for this song?

[@SpartacusColo]

For The All Father! Space Wolves!

[@Boadiccea94]

Take care, guys

[@Lefrog420Blazin]

Merry Yule!

[@dschanriihl9043]

#TommySaysNo -ooohoooho~HoHoHooooo...

[@davidty2006]

How would I guess Tommy would be on for this episode.

[@Fuk99999]

There’s something fitting about dudes who’s ancestors told poems and made songs about great warriors and battles touring around the world to do exactly that for various warriors and battles that occurred around the world

[@azzwort]

I live for this comments section.

[@hitomisalazar4073]

Early Middle Ages is a fascinating time. Mostly because... so much of it is just the result of Catholic revisionism. Like people trying to revive the Nordic religion to this day call themselves "Heathens" after the branding and destruction the Catholic missionaries did. Trying to loosely patch together a faith out of like 1% information because the destruction was just THAT thorough. It's a time that people think of as savage, barbaric, illiterate, etc. But in several places ranging from Ireland to France, literacy and art were on the rise, not the decline during it. I really wish there was more coverage of it after all. Because it's one of those periods in history where everything people "know" and are taught about it... is kind of completely off the rails wrong.

[@alexkuzela9266]

Interesting having Tommy on rather than Pär or Joakim.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Well, he is one of the BEST guitarists in Sabaton

[@davidty2006]

Yes also i thought he would be on this episode because yeah... When can we get Chris and Hannes now?

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

Couldn't get Joakim for this song lmao. He's not the biggest fan of Swedish Pagans.

[@hemmingwayfan]

Funny ain't it?

[@danievandenheever8295]

@@sarpbakrsoy8125 I wonder why he is not the biggest fan of swedish pagans

[@MDMetal]

Fun Fact: The Vikings most likely invented "Flyting" which was a ritual poetic insult contest using rhythm and rhyme. So basically, they invented modern day rap battles.

[@shanedoesyoutube8001]

scuse me bitch??? what???

[@justanunluckyirishmaninabl5178]

This is the best thing I’ve heard all day.

[@RHR199X]

I mean yeah it’s rhyming battle poetry but it never found it’s way into contemporary culture as we know it, ie, actual rap.

[@armorsmith43]

I think the Arabs also did this. I’d assume many people did this throughout history.

[@arvidbratt5156]

Try not to get it confused with "flytning". It means something completely different in the Swedish language.

[@gamepenny720]

That one dislike is from Joakim when he saw "Swedish Pagans" in the title.

[@davidty2006]

Yes.

[@joseojeda4184]

Most likely

[@greenrepublic8875]

Probably

[@jacobchevalier1909]

Highly probable

[@galaxycraft0075]

And now there's a total of 34. Joakim got his 33 alts to dislike the video.

[@joshuamiller1111]

One dislike? Joakim!

[@ericschafer8431]

Who else?

[@davidty2006]

Hehehe. Thus is why Tommy is on instead of Joakim.

[@forthencholordofadmirals2763]

There's 5 now I'm thinking joakim hijacked the others accounts to dislike the vid

[@joseojeda4184]

16 DAMN IT JOAKIM

[@peace_.was_never_an_option]

Joakim made 21 accounts just to dislike this

[@DC-ru5xz]

Brag time: I Skyped Tommy for a guitar lesson during quarantine and he’s such a cool and nice person, even answering all my dumbass hyper fan questions about the band, he even remembered the time he responded to me on their IG live concert in Germany when I said I could play Swedish pagans. Merry Christmas Joakim, Pär, Tommy, Chris, Hannes and Indy!

[@sejn195]

Thats awesome!

[@Roanmonster]

But.. how? Did you just type his email address in Skype and gave him a call?

[@MDMetal]

Lucky! That's Metal, brother! 🤘

[@UneEtincelleNocturne]

Wow, my heart... 🥺👉👈❤ So wholesome

[@josephpeck8723]

@DC4 Wow, that is amazing. Good for you man!

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

Indy: "...and this era was simply accepted as "The Dark Ages". As an era before..." Me: "Electricity?" Indy: "...general literacy." Me: "Yeah, that too."

[@josephpeck8723]

Technically if all of history before electricity is classified as "The dark Ages," then literally less than two or three centuries would NOT be "The Dark Ages." Btw if this was a joke sorry for ruining it.

[@TheIfifi]

@@josephpeck8723 Preeety sure it was a joke..

[@josephpeck8723]

@@TheIfifi It probably was.

[@argantyr5154]

@@josephpeck8723 Well Electricity have "always" existed, I mean lightning, we just weren't been able to use it.

[@josephpeck8723]

@@argantyr5154 That is true, but I mean, it is a technicality. You knew what I meant.

[@brockgundich]

Probably one of my best moments as a uncle I was sitting with my neice listening to music and asked her what she wanted to hear and she goes" I wanna here the song that goes oooooooha ohhhhhh" and I know only two songs with that,swedish pagans and frayed ends of sanity, so I turn on frayed ends and she goes" no not this one! The other one!" And I turn on swedish pagans and she's like" that's it!" And starts chanting along

[@Claymann71]

Get that lass a shield she can sled on. And then break some hearts with later.

[@lunathedreamer4751]

Take your niece to their next concert after corona! She is a Woman of Culture!

[@elaineb7065]

She's a true shieldmaiden

[@TheMmus]

"It's a great song." Enough said, Tommy, enough said. What a great Christmas present from you guys. Thank you! ❤️ Have a merry Christmas, the whole Sabaton History team!

[@talknight2]

I enjoy how through sheer dedication you've taught the KZbin algorithm to sort your comments toward the top of the list, regardless of how many likes they get.

[@vmae21]

This prob happened when making this ep Indy: yo jocke wanna be on this ep? Jocke: what ep? Indy: umm.... Swedish pegans.. Jocke: NOPE im done nope nope nope.... * tommy appears out of no wear * Tommy: COUNT ME IN

[@prajwalpingali]

Accurate! Joakim hates it so much that he didn't even appear in the end to tell us to subscribe! 😂

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

Sabaton History: releases Swedish Pagans Me: ODIN IS WITH US!!!

[@josephpeck8723]

That was my reaction when I saw this lol.

[@mind-h4i]

Sabatob

[@acrispywaffleiron4014]

@@mind-h4i sabatob

[@TheWazil]

Odin is an Idol.

[@josephpeck8723]

@@TheWazil That depends on who you ask.

[@PogChampionPrime]

Bad day: Happens to me Moment I see Sabaton History new episode: Hippity Hoppity happiness is now on my property

[@forthencholordofadmirals2763]

I'm using this saying in the future

[@kevinramsey417]

Figures, no way Jocke was going anywhere near this, but Tommy's a big viking teddy bear so it's all good.

[@lunathedreamer4751]

This is the best decription of Tommy that I have ever read it my life

[@scottishbananaclan]

"You cant go 20 pages in any book about vikings without hearing about how there were no horned helmets" -Ben Thompson, *Guts and Glory: The Vikings*

[@NMahon]

I bet the vikings wished they'd come up with that one though, horned helmets are awesome!

[@josephpeck8723]

@@NMahon They might look cool, but they are not practical.

[@gilgamesh7055]

@@josephpeck8723 Thats also something you cant go 20 pages in a viking book without hearing.

[@josephpeck8723]

@@gilgamesh7055 I mean, in most Viking books I've read, they debunk that myth, so........

[@gilgamesh7055]

@@josephpeck8723 Might be, idk. Pretty much most of my research on old-norse era comes from reading a bunch of old runes around my house (i live in Uppland, Sweden, the region with the highest concentration and amount of runes in the world), and from reading a bunch of books in school (since we kinda have to learn stuff about that era as Scandinavians)

[@AxeBearingVoyager]

The reason people like Swedish pagans is mainly because of the chant at the start, how it creates a sense of family and unity in the listeners; it makes you feel like a viking

[@iamthrawn]

maybe its also just a good song?

[@mattador55]

Well now we have to hear the full flute version of Swedish Pagans.

[@brandonhey7797]

The Norse version. ;)

[@springerjkreb]

The thing is every culture had raiders, it wasn't unique to Scandinavia. The Vikings were just the best at it.

[@NMahon]

True. However what made them so shocking for the time however was because they were so "foreign" to Christian Europeans they seemed particularly hellish. The fact that these pagans were so effective and didn't give a damn about Christian law or tradition caused such an uproar. It wasnt common in England to burn down monasteries but the Vikings did it, they would break oaths and treaties and take bribes and loot you anyway. The Christians had no way of dealing with this, it was like an existential crisis for them.

[@josephpeck8723]

@@NMahon To be fair, Christians tended to break oaths made with pagans as well if they could get away with it. But otherwise, yeah, you are right.

[@slavex7]

Vikings just have a good pr

[@thecollector9797]

My mother told me Someday I would buy Galleys with good oars Sails to distant shores Stand up high in the prow Noble barque i steer Steady course for the haven Hew many foe-men Hew many foe-men

[@josephpeck8723]

Interesting piece. Who wrote this?

[@IAOIceland1984]

@@josephpeck8723 Egill Skallagrímsson, it was one of his first poems. this is the original version: Þat mælti mín móðir, at mér skyldi kaupa fley ok fagrar árar fara á brott með víkingum, standa upp í stafni, stýra dýrum knerri, halda svá til hafnar, höggva mann ok annan this form of poetry is called ljóðaháttur

[@josephpeck8723]

@@IAOIceland1984 Very interesting. I must look into this further, thanks for enlightening me.

[@carinalundstrom7566]

Listen to VoicePlay doing this song, it's really good

[@gabrielvillanueva8773]

Winged Hussars? No. Not yet... I arrived to early

[@milanradojicic8212]

I remember one of the first shows Tommy played, and it was in Belgrade, when Joakim introduced him to crowd there was a problem with mic and we thought he said Toby, so we continued to shout Toby trough whole concert :D

[@theghostofthepast1040]

Guess joakim really has some issues with this particular song... Also a great Christmas present

[@chupasaurus]

You mean Yule present?

[@gilgamesh7055]

@@chupasaurus Yul or Jul, no one here in Scandinavia calls it Yule. The Norwegians call it Yul and we Swedes call it Jul.

[@chupasaurus]

​@@gilgamesh7055 If only we both haven't written our comments in English where the correct spelling is Yule...

[@gilgamesh7055]

@@chupasaurus If you dont mind changing the correct way to say things just so Its more 'comfortable' to say in your language, then thats on you. But when you start correcting people based on that logic, then i feel the need to say that Karl equals Charles in english the same way George equals Jörgen in Swedish, in other words not at all. (Hope i dont have to explain that example aswell)

[@chupasaurus]

@@gilgamesh7055 By your logic we should use proto-Indo-European for conversation oh wait it doesn't have a writing system.

[@maotseovich1347]

I remember in Manchester when the amps weren't loud enough for Joakim to talk over the crowd's rendition of Swedish Pagans

[@Oxtocoatl13]

"One of the best guitarists in Sabaton" has echoes of Lennon remarking that Ringo isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles.

[@MrFrikkenfrakken]

The band has been fortunate: Oskar and Rikard were a good tandem, Thobbe and Chris were a good tandem and now Tommy and Chris are a good tandem. Well done Indy and thanks Tommy.

[@travishighbaugh5245]

Poor Tommy. "One of the best guitarists in Sabaton"

[@jaffarebellion292]

To be fair, there have been a lot.

[@yuuyjaaj6721]

Oskar, Rikard, Chris and Thobbe to be specific

[@Masada1911]

Joakims favorite song!

[@josephpeck8723]

Lol.

[@riverdelavidawilliams9624]

I’ll never forget the time Tommy learned/relearned to play the Swedish Pagans melody by ear in a concert at Worcester so he could jam along with us all chanting in the crowd while Joakim ripped all the last hairs out of his Mohawk

[@cynicaloptimist970]

Of course it had to be Tommy for Swedish Pagans. Everything else would have been a sin.

[@Tadicuslegion78]

Person: *finds out they’re some percent Scandinavian* Valhalla I am coming!

[@thebronywiking]

@EmperorEwok I'm swedish with danish and norwegian forefathers and my last name is actually Wiking.

[@gilgamesh7055]

Ive uhh, lived in Sweden for as long as i can remember. Does that count, even though im not ehtnically Swede? Actually, i think it counts. In the end, culture is the only relevant thing, DNA doesent mean jackshit.

[@mrviking1835]

A random person: wants to do drugs Me: #Tommysaidno

[@JojokimVT]

Well, if Tommy said no to drugs then I won't do drugs. #Tommysaidno

[@armandomoraes3429]

It's Christmas's Eve... and we have a special episode about pagans... ahahah

[@josephpeck8723]

*Ironic*

In Scandinavia, we celebrate Youle not Christmas.

[@barethor5869]

@ Do you celebrate Yule or do you celebrate Christmas and call it yule?

[@brandonhey7797]

@@barethor5869 I'd say both, but I can't speak for Scandinavians, since I'm not one. (not counting Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and Finland)

@@barethor5869 Except for a Christmas star on the top of the Christmas tree, I would say nothing Christian at all. We eat pig, drink julmust and watch Donald Duck on TV. And receive presents from Tomten who is a pagan belief mentioned in the Icelandic sagas.

[@Meirstein]

"If it's okay with you, we're going to take your daughter into the other room" OOF "There's like 50 of us, so..." BIG OOF

[@mikkiter7277]

Lol, for first I saw Asterix and Obelisk on picture.

[@NicoDsSBCs]

They are all such nice guys at Sabaton. I don't expect them to rape, plunder and kill :)

[@stephenbritton9297]

1) Tommy looks like a young Meatloaf... and thats not a bad thing! 2) So the Nordic/arabic connection in the movie "13th warrior" is actually plausible...

[@japannese]

For the quiz: 16:17 Thank me later

[@cherrybush3250]

You are a godsend

[@srcrafta9261]

A real G

[@preselanyyt]

thanks

[@dominicnevins2144]

Okay, am I the only one that wants to figure out his hair routine?

[@thebigdrew12]

No, you aren't. That hair is glorious