"Ved Stanford Brua" - Norse Song of The Battle at Stamford Bridge

[@ionicblast3732]

Credit to the guy recording this in 1066

[@Seagull780]

@Aggressive Tubesock No, you are

[@sambugg4424]

Aggressive Tubesock wooooosh

[@williamb5662]

Aggressive Tubesock You are a 12 year old

[@fishnujish1511]

Medieval Commentator: And the Norse are fighting brutally, and AH! Sorry, that was a narrow shave with an arrow, ladies and gents. Anyway, the Norse guy is on the bridge. He is fighting brutally. Look at that axe swing. *suck in of air* You fought well brave Saxon. But wait! There's a guy coming from under! He's going, going! Surely not, no! OH MA GOODNESS! AND HE HAS STABBED THE NORSE GUY FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE! 1-0 to the Anglo Saxons.

[@Mongolium]

When listening to these historic songs you have to remind yourself almost all of them were recorded after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

[@sammykaiser3455]

the northman at the bridge getting stabbed into his bits was a true standford bruh-a moment

[@blueberry1874]

lol based mishimajak

[@mysticnovelbro]

the little feelsbro was hiding in a barrel, A BARREL! Like a dwarf in The Hobbit

[@sammykaiser3455]

@Norman Pagan I get the urge tp break the geneva convention on you

[@HeathenRides]

That was tjodolf sterken (tjodolf the strong) he was a Roar means hes Main Job was to row the ship so the best fighters was less tired. They where also called giants in many songs the rowing guys, anyways the history of This war aint was not really a war between france and England, it was between four Norwegian clans, charlemagnes actual name when he left norway was karl Magne (free and strong man, is hes Norwegian name translated to english) hes from same ætt as gang Rolf whos hirdsmenn occupied Normandie, (Norman /Normann) is Norwegian for Norwegian) (dialects). And they wanted to tale the power from sverre ætta etc so it was a family feud that instigated the battle..England was already under dane law, and the Norwegians had already established jorvik (York)and Dublin and several other strongholds, so the intention wasnt to go to war with the british People but the danish saxons who saw themselves as a legit autority because they had installed a danish king and he was able to unite nortumbria Essex etc against the Norwegians, that was compllicated because the bagler clan contained both danes and Norwegians, which made four Norwegian gruops figth each other all over and they tried to kill all our kings, last attempt on kong sverre the third when he was Just four months old, 140 years after the battle at stamford bridge. That feud started about hundred years before that battle and ended when the danes gathered the chatolics of the world for the third time to make another genocide, but it was so much loss of lives that the chatolics thougth god was publishing them and a truce was made which later became a peace agreement which developed a few hundred years then we married the danes and was one country, but without the english /anglos William would lose to tjodolf alone. He was standing for more than 45 minutes alone, on the middle while People attacked him from both sides. At last he was shot from under the bridge between the boards by little saxon Child with a crossbow. So in a way a little kid won that battle. I Wonder if they now eats together and figth each other in valhall. In the song the Norwegians came shirtless while the english kings men had armors,i think thats maybe why tjodolf could figth so many for so Long, because Hes enemys was slow and heavy. While tjodolf even he was a Roar he was also trained in glima, would be cool if some alien tech had recorded it so we could see the moves and tactic he used. And it would be good for the sport of glima, sadly only norway and iceland has glima, but its now become very different styles,

[@HeathenRides]

He didnt get stabbed but shot with xbow from beneath the bridge one of the bolts hit hes inner tigh and cut the thickest pulse vein in your body exept for those directly from the heart. Maybe he was stabbed to, but according to our songs and sagas its not mentioned. We still signing about how tjodolf was defying physics Steel/Iron fire etc didnt Hurt him but a crossbow bolt killed him so i guess he wasnt immune to wood and rocks

[@nikolaosboukouvalas449]

In Greece we are only taught about Hardrada as a famous member of the Byzantine emperor's Varangian guard, who later went on to become a Norse king. Learning that he was killed in Stanford bridge is strangely like being informed that an old friend has died. Kind of wanted him to have had a better ending.

[@guzelataroach4450]

In Norway, we say Hellas and not greece like the rest of the world

[@andreasiversen3440]

@@guzelataroach4450 You are not norwegian though. You are from the people that Harald fought against, while serving the Roman emperor.

[@guzelataroach4450]

@@andreasiversen3440 jeg er norsk, bildet og navnet er bare et meme

[@platypipope328]

It may not have been the best ending of harald, but he died a glorious death and what more could a warrior like him ask for

[@alexanderjones3649]

In England he is seen as one of the two invaders of that time

[@fjls69]

The story of the man who held the bridge for the Norwegian king is attested in both Saxon and Norse sources. He was said to swing a large Dane-axe, and was able to hold the bridge so long "for the Anglo-Saxons could stand but 4 across".

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

Yes I heard about that story, he held off until someone snuck up on him and stabbed him in the back, unfortunately his efforts were in vain, because the Anglo Saxons were able to catch up with the rest of the fleeing army later

[@PajamaJazama]

@@juancarlosdegoya2757 the army didnt flee though

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

@@PajamaJazama well from what I heard, he was trying to hold off the Anglo Saxons so that they could get away but I guess I was wrong

[@PajamaJazama]

@@juancarlosdegoya2757 He was holding them off awaiting reinforcements, aka Orri's storm IIRC. He expected the English to surrender, so his army had left behind most of their armor with said reinforcements. The reinforcements ran so far some supposedly died of exhaustion. Just some funfacts for ya :)

[@juancarlosdegoya2757]

@@PajamaJazama oh ok thanks good to know, he - he

[@inspecthergadget4503]

Props to the Viking guy with a 40/1 KDR.

[@starcluster2593]

what

[@TemujinTheKhan]

@@starcluster2593 It is thought that a single Norseman held the bridge by killing 40 Anglo-Saxons before he himself died.

[@inspecthergadget4503]

@@TemujinTheKhan Death by getting jabbed in the balls too, if the stories were true.

[@TemujinTheKhan]

@@inspecthergadget4503 Come to think of it, his balls were an easy target. 'Cause his must've been huge to hold the bridge by himself.

[@fxgamingm7258]

@@starcluster2593 in the song which says they sent long thjodolf to hold the bridge he killed 40 saxons without any armour and just an axe and they were only able to cross the bridge when one solder reached him from below and impaled a sphere

[@SteveClark123]

We must apologise for the spear in the groin, not really cricket that, but the chap on the bridge earned his fame the hard way. Rest in Peace.

[@50shekels]

Steve Clark Yeah he was a beast. None of those Anglo saxons could best him, so they dogged the fight

[@elbentos7803]

Darth William : "apologies accepted, King Harold..."

[@firebird4909]

@Silas Farrey well yes, but swedes did a lot of bad stuff to the finns as well during their 700-500 year reign of the place

[@loslingos1232]

We accept (Even tho Sweden was not there. We were exploring or maybe farming) -A Swedish person

[@thevoiceless8567]

The berserker’s kill count was a complete fabrication at best...

[@Hrodn]

Harald Sigurdsson was promised a piece of England by Harold Godwinson. "I will give him just six feet of English soil, or, since they say he is a tall man, I will give him seven feet." Godwinson kept his word.

[@user-be9rq5re2l]

What a badass.

[@hannannah1uk]

Then the other Norsemen got him from the other end of England. He had no chance. Poor Harold. What would England have become if he had won both battles?

[@khanbaliqkhanate4575]

@@hannannah1uk Anglo-Saxon identity would probably have been preserved

[@fyrdman2185]

@@hannannah1uk England probably would've been more Germanic, hence more purely English

[@rustybayonette6641]

@@hannannah1uk You can hardly call the Normans of 1066 Norse. Their culture had been heavily integrated with the local French culture at that point.

[@NaOwOmiNutella]

when i was 8 my family was forced to move from Norway to somewhere else. now 7 years later my heart aches every time i think about what i lost, it always feels like an unfinished fairytale where the hero is yet to return home. I cant tell you how meaningful this song is for me. it reminds me of my grandpa and the village i used to live in. i really miss my old friends. thank you for this beautiful song.

[@radtsov8438]

Had to move from Germany in a similar way, I feel that pain too

[@ztfes]

måtte en hederlig mann komme hjem

[@cykablyat1353]

@@radtsov8438Alltid Nordmenn i våre hjerter - fra Norge

[@33d672]

Come home brother

[@NaOwOmiNutella]

id love to come home but the barnevernet will most certanly take me again unless im an adult. i dont think theyll just let a child of bodnariu to come back after we bearly managed to escape their cluches.

[@ddpresearch07]

Harald Hadrada is a great example of the saying that “count no man lucky until he is dead.” He lived a charmed life until he didn’t

[@Historicalstorical]

Why?

[@Camouflage27]

hardråde...hard råde means hard rule. Harald Hardruler

[@Phobos1483]

Like when you expect a huge loud fart because you feel a huge blockade in your stomach, but it turns out to only be a soft whiff of a fart.

[@misterStevePikk]

@@Historicalstorical He became probably the richest and most successful mercenary of all time and returned to his home country to become king. His life was one big adventure

[@Zogerpogger]

Live by the sword, die by it!

[@50shekels]

Imagine being so epic the actual battle of Stanford Bridge is just named the second one after you held up an entire army by your own

[@liamimbriolo6066]

I honestly believe most of (not all) myths and legends of berserker can be attributed to the bravery, heroism, loyalty and sheer savagery of that one man who held a bridge with his dane ax. Absolute mad Lad.

[@spinelspinel9361]

@Kängan 161 That was haraldrs nickname not the berserker

[@daemonzap1481]

@@liamimbriolo6066 That story might've actually been propagated by the English to excuse poor English tactics when crossing the bridge.

[@kungbengt1393]

@@daemonzap1481 Käften Brittjävel

[@FimbulWinter-f6c]

@@daemonzap1481 What bollocks. 😂

[@geirnure2857]

for clarification this is not a song from 1066, it's just a song a guy in modern Norway made about the fight Edit: lamo never though this would get so much attention, but yeah this is not historically accurate, none of the modern "Viking music" genre is historically acurate. Sadly we no next to nothing about "Viking music". It's all good fun though and nothing wrong with it (Makes great workout tracks), but lets just make sure we have facts straight so we don't confuse younger people. Here is a video for thoose interested about what we know about viking music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3LPYYSOr7d5fJo

[@Carla63Wild]

frik

[@thechristianred1312]

Obviously.

[@keizerkuzco6459]

Are you serious? I can't believe that, it seems so old.

[@robertstuckey6407]

:(

[@quasicroissant]

@@keizerkuzco6459 How does it seem "so old"? It's in modern Norwegian

[@elvinalyev3273]

> arrives at Stamford bridge > Stops the English army alone > Kills 40 soldiers singlehandedly > Gets stabbed from balls > Dies like a legend

[@therandom.cowboy5526]

Died like a little bitch but ok.

[@luisdiaz4646]

DAMN IN THE BALLS!!!!!!

[@SammieChillGuyOof]

gigachad

[@Hahah629]

Bro was the physical embodiment of this emoji 🗿

[@Real-Agent-Meta]

I'm stealing this

[@50shekels]

Why do epic people always die in the most ironic ways. Napoleon -> Stomach cancer Alexander -> Disease Big ol viking boi -> nut shot

[@matsfolvik2253]

Bhahaha

[@MrChrisboyle.]

Aurelian -> Betrayed Julius Caesar -> Betrayed Atila -> Nosebleed Gengis Kan -> A horse fall And the list continous. Perhaps, that teach us that even if you are a great conqueror you're still human, you're still vulnerable :c

[@muslimcrusader5987]

@@MrChrisboyle. They’re so strong the universe itself has the kill them 😂😂😂

[@littleexperience2.._._._._._..]

George Washington -> Throat Infection This is the oddest death ever.. Well, his throat might of been closing up but still.

[@billybonk7673]

Hey 🅱️eter

[@ΓΙΩΡΓΟΣΠΑΝΑΓΙΩΤΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ-γ9η]

Here in Greece we will be forever in your dept Harald Harldrada was a Varagian warrior and many others and with these warriors we defeated thousands of enemies 🇬🇷+🇳🇴=Friends.

[@danielk3919]

Most Varangian guards were Swedish Vikings though who came from the Rus lands down the Dnieper.

[@danielk3919]

But there was basically no difference between Swedish, Danish and Norwegians at that point. They spoke the same language and all that so I think it's silly to differentiate in that era.

[@Skiringen]

@@danielk3919 Even today I'd say that we are very similar here in the north. We still understand each others languages, you know? Best wishes from Sweden!

[@sethbennett617]

@@danielk3919 at the time there was a slight difference and that comes with their specific styles of "viking" (referring to a water farer, or a man that makes his money at sea). swedish vikings tended to be traders in the baltic and often along rivers like the danube and the volga. some danish vikings traded but most raided the coast of western europe and were the most active in the practice of establishing danelaws and overseas kingdoms. the norwegian vikings were more commonly seen expeditioning out the far off lands (expeditioning referring to a voyage being sent out and not being expected to return for maybe several decades), evidence of that is how the northwest coast of scotland and eastern coast of ireland were raided and frequently settled by norwegians but these vikings rarely went inland like the danes so frequently did. their cultural and linguistic diffferences were extremely small but the differences in how their respective seafarers went about making their money were vast. its silly to differentiate when talking about scandinavia itself but talking about their impact on the rest of europe is where it really does matter.

[@JonathanTaylorThomass]

@@danielk3919 The Rus Guards were also called the Varangian. Our nations lived together in the north of Russia for a long time.

[@gregs4748]

"Seven feet of English soil, as he is taller than other men."

[@varangjar1544]

@Ricky Kalita Chad Sigurðarson ;-)

[@jmgonzales7701]

Nordmen are taller than the english

[@stiliangeorgiev8771]

Who are you quoting?

[@thevoiceless8567]

@@jmgonzales7701 Not really, the Anglo-Saxons and Northmen were the same people, even their languages were mutually understood. Only their religion separated them.

[@thevoiceless8567]

Apparently Godwinson said six feet, not seven.

[@MS-Melas]

Hail to all brave Anglo-Saxons and Norseman who died in this battle

[@couldbeanybody2508]

@Sakkra101 and fight in the end days of ragnarok.

[@hannah.r6613]

@Sakkra101 they were Christians at least the vast majority

[@couldbeanybody2508]

@@hannah.r6613 it doesn't matter. Any great warrior who has proven himself on the field of battle goes to Valhalla according to the norse faith.

[@kevensting9036]

Especially the one guy who guarded the whole bridge.

[@MS-Melas]

@@kevensting9036 Hail Tjodulv Sterk-enn!

[@stefanhenri3597]

So beautiful I had to listen to this at least 100 times, I'm not exaggerating. Thank you.

[@uncannyhistory8546]

Yes, this has made my day, perhaps my week.

[@Renexis]

I listenin this for 4 month 😀

[@gunthermath2037]

Same

[@dalraktin]

My take on a translation (The number of syllables should match so it could be sung in English): Harken now, Harald Sigurdsson, the dreams of brother Olav The lust for power you now must quench, Ill shall be your fortune Harken not to Tostig Earl, whilst he strives for England's conquest, Tord he had the strangest of dreams, and ill were the omens many The spring in the year thousand and sixty-six an army was preparing, Powerhungry king reigned Norway and anger clouded the lands, One hundred and ninety five longships, to the Orkney-islands sailing west, From Torfinn sons he did request one hundred extra longships. Arriving now at York fortress, the walls and ground shaking. The Earl Muru-Kåre fell, and Valtjov Earl took flight. Harald and Tostig charged and roared, and Valtjov Earl he gave his word, the Riding Men of England's king shall await at Stanford bridge. Next day without their iron shirts, Harald and Tostig are roaming, when far away the sunlight gleamed in helms and mails of plenty. "The English King he is on our way, The Thingmannalid banners how they sway!", Bewildered are the Norsemen now, They stand at Stanford Bridge The Norsemen formed a line of men, courageous and with no fear, Styrkår rode to the ships ashore as swift as the horse could bear. But in order to stall the vicsious fight, Tjodolv by himself took stance, for he must hold the king's advance alone on Stanford Bridge Now Tjodolv, strong, he fought for long the Anglosaxan King, but from beneath a spear they threw, and Tjodolv was overcome. The second battle raging on, and Øystein and Styrkår and all their men, from their ships they ran to make it there in time to the Stanford Bridge. Harald took his place up front and hew to left and right, graygoose feathers on a shaft, Harald's bane, he fell. Øystein and Styrkår joined the fray, with mail and armor to no avail, from toil and wear they were to late to fight for Stanford Bridge The third battle did commence, 'twas called Orreira there were many slain, both Sax and Norse But Norsemen had to fly And so it was that it came to be, Wilhelm's men of France triumphed, and Danish Law it was no more, out there by the Stanford Bridge.

[@angelsjelsker3004]

Super interesting my dear, how precious it is to know that someone still cares about the story🤭🤭 well and takes the time to write, it is a difficult job !! Greetings from Bergen across the sea 🇸🇯🇸🇯

[@Lee-yo5cl]

Cool.

[@Zogerpogger]

@@angelsjelsker3004 There are even those of us who care in far off lands!

[@Zogerpogger]

@@angelsjelsker3004 1066 is what got me interested in history actually.

[@javasiege]

Interesting!

[@douglasstrother6584]

The so-called "Dark Age" is grossly under-appreciated: exploration, artistry, education, etc. flourished in the northern climes after the demise of the Roman Empire.

[@jamesconn]

Question, do you believe this song was written in the viking era?

[@amxelcbis4464]

@@jamesconn this is a modern song, and is sung in modern norwegian, so uh, no

[@jamesconn]

@@amxelcbis4464 Sorry, it was the way you worded the comment.

[@youcantescapethelaw.7640]

This is a certified Nord classic.

[@Max-nt5zs]

I love the way it begins with old black and write drawings and then becomes semi realistic looking colored pictures like going from “here is an old story I’m telling” to really putting you in that reality.

[@RtrollfaceY]

I just can't stop listening to this , everytime it finish i had to restart it

[@therabman_5606]

Respect to the Berserker who held the bridge

[@abekaakeba674]

He achieved Valhall and be chillin with his brothers. Respect from Norway👊💯

[@montee2603]

Normally Viking songs are very strong and powerful but this is very chill.

[@bambooandmeofficial]

@@johannesroundhouse5996 Yooo why so aggressive? What did he do to make you so upset?

[@montee2603]

@@bambooandmeofficial What did he even wrote Xd

[@bambooandmeofficial]

@@montee2603 He said "Shut the fuck up"

[@montee2603]

@@bambooandmeofficial Oh, thanks for telling me

[@bambooandmeofficial]

@@montee2603 You're welcome

[@canoewanderer.]

something about this song makes me feel like one of the viking survivors, writing about what it was like there, watching all the chaos unfold. i would be old, living the rest of my life in the Dekkjene naturreservat, knowing that my grandchildren will, or might not be just like the warriors that have fought before him. it hits you hard.

[@SashaAnthony]

Norwegian king: Harald English king: Harold Singer: Harald Song: Perfection

[@ioannesg.5854]

Long live Nordmannen from Hellas 🇬🇷 🇳🇴

[@jasonssavitt5297]

They helped keep the Greco-Roman safe for centuries. The Varangians were excellent warriors.

[@PajamaJazama]

I hope you can reclaim Constantinople someday Greek friend

[@krieger7368]

What About The Danish axeman Thats held The bridge almost by himself for some time

[@PajamaJazama]

@@krieger7368 you mean the Norwegian this song is about?

[@Caesar_Av_Nordland]

I will enlist as a "neo varangian" in the greek army to retake constantinople

[@MOggerXx455]

Respect from Hellas 🇬🇷🤝🇧🇻

[@guzelataroach4450]

Norway will always stand with Hellas.

[@СрбијаСрбима188]

☦️

[@gammonsandwich1756]

"I will give him six feet of English ground, or as much as he is taller than other men."- Harold Godwinson.

[@theguyforbrawlz1961]

It's the 956th anniversary of the Battle of Stamford Bridge and I still miss him

[@meatymcspice4990]

Beautiful.

[@GabrielAlacidGuirao]

Love and respect from Spain. 🇪🇸♥️🇳🇴

[@BigStou]

Folklore is so good because it cannot be 100 % sure that everything went down like in the history books , this is from the perspective of a very small group of soldiers, which is probably how they saw it. Heritage is preserved in folklore.

[@SovietOnion111]

both sides say the same thing, both say that Harald held that bridge and that he was stabbed in the balls with a spear from below, both sides say he died standing up, if both sides can agree on something imma believe it more then i normally would.

[@RoronoaZoro-l6o]

@@SovietOnion111 harald hardrada didnt hold the bridge, a dude from his army did

[@ГеоргиКарачев]

People be serious in the comments and I'm here laughing at sekstiseks

[@collinsagyeman6131]

Angelsaksarkongen 😂😂😂

[@Nobody-Ever]

Idk why, but I loved it when they said that. It honestly sounds funny 😂

[@littleexperience2.._._._._._..]

"Sex to Sex"

[@midloran]

Иди уроки делай

[@hannah.r6613]

@@Nobody-Ever why it's just sixty six with a weird accent

[@Inquisitor_Askeladd]

Harald Hardrada's life would make a pretty good movie

[@thekrispyprince7463]

The fact that this folk song gives s you a fairly accurate portrayal of the exact events at Stamford Bridge is kinda funny

[@lisalise1622]

My name is Harald ! When I was a child my Father also named Harald told me the Vikings WERE THE GOOD GUYS ! NORWEGIAN AND SWEDISH DECENT AND PROUD OF IT !

[@ChuntyCops]

Hei harald haraldson

[@applefish745]

de var ikke de gode folka: de drepte uskyldige folk. idiot

[@Sokolskodrustvo]

"Good guys" sure..

[@dl5498]

​@@SokolskodrustvoGood guys for them

[@davlp]

Great landscapes, great history and great people. Love to our Norwegians friends from Belgium 🇧🇪❤️🇸🇯

[@wiseomg]

Right back at you Belgians 💗

[@antoniescargo4158]

Do you speak Belgian?

[@mohdadeeb1829]

@@antoniescargo4158 They speak "Kill Congolese"

[@ChuntyCops]

@@mohdadeeb1829 Congo corridor

[@BerettaP69]

Inderdaad! (Indeed!) Groeten uit Nederland! (Greetings from the netherlands!)

[@ForeverDizasta]

Respect to our norse brothers from Sweden 🇸🇯❤🇸🇪

[@Nekrist218]

Beautiful song, Harald Foss is one of my favorite Folk artists ever. ❤️

[@hoànghổballl]

*veldig bra sang, jeg liker den veldig godt* 🇻🇳❤️🇳🇴

[@thirtytwelve6434]

Cảm ơn rât nhiều!

[@Benjamin-085]

Very Nice song, amazing work! Keep these songs up!

[@averinus7706]

Wouldn't you like that... frenchy..

[@drageben145]

@@averinus7706 we nords and the french have a very good relationship Rip normandy

[@shaneleach110]

@@drageben145 what country my fellow Scandinavian

[@drageben145]

@@shaneleach110 norge/ noreg/ norway

[@shaneleach110]

@@drageben145 norge

[@Fatelovesirony960]

Ive been looking for some good old Norse Music, this is it… finally. Vielen dank bruder!

[@tsarchristhegreat6032]

That disklike are the anglosaxons

[@WimCold]

Frank Dieter based frank

[@gagool3434]

Stamford Bridge was a norse defeat

[@dabtican4953]

@Frank Dieter How was Hastings a norse victory? If you're implying it's due to the norse ancestory then fair enough but idk how much of them were norse and what percentage.

[@drageben145]

Damn anglos

[@dabtican4953]

@Frank Dieter eh they lost tho

[@Insperato62]

We were told that King Harold of England allowed the Norwegians to take the body of their King back home (not to mention allowing them to live), and for this courtesy Harold was spoken of with honour in Norwegian folklore. William the Bastard did not treat King Harold with the same respect - his leg was hacked off, he was castrated and beheaded. Cursed with lack of leadership the English continued to resist for 20 years. And despite the efforts of the French speaking Normans we still retain many Saxon and Norse words within our vocabulary - not least 1066 (oh, the irony).

[@SammieChillGuyOof]

to be fair, he stole the throne from him and killed his brother. Harold technically stole the throne from both kings, but had more respect for the Norse.

[@saxtonhalegaming]

Godwinson Gang

[@ferivertid]

This is insanely informative ❤

[@carterjones8126]

​​@@SammieChillGuyOof He was actually Anglo-Saxon, unlike William the Bastard who destroyed Anglo-Saxon England.

[@Hardrada88]

Love this. Not a lot of credit is given to the Saxons who ran the four days from Kent to York to right at Stamford bridge..then having word about Williams landing, they then run back to fight another battle which (some sources say) lasted over 11 hours in total. It's also recorded that some of the Norsemen accepted Harold's offer to join his fight in exchange for payment/land. Those guys had already fought twice..and had a mad dash for their ships to help Harald. I've ran 14k in correct maille, which arms, and it was horrible 😂 good experiment but no way would I have been able to fight properly at the end. There wasn't much difference between the fighting skill, ethos and idea of courage between the Saxons and Norse, Danes etc really just cousins. I'm lucky to live in a part of the country where my ancestors would have during this time, fascinating history really is remarkable.

[@PaunchyRobot]

1066: the vikings fall Harald Foss: I'm about to drop the hardest shit of all time

[@MeinungMann]

I think he wanted to capture great loss of his country with music

[@masonwingate7683]

Yo, regardless of whether you're with the Anglo's or with the Vikings, props to Thjodolf the Strong for holding that bridge for his buddies like a bro. Find yourselves a Thjodolf, ladies, that's all I'm gonna say.

[@peterforden5917]

noone knows the name of the warrior who held off the saxons through one on one combat, due mainly to the battle of hastings, otherwise we'd still be singing about him.

[@masonwingate7683]

@@peterforden5917 We agree lol, but for the sake of the song I used the name Thjodolf. I don't think we can verify that name, sure, but it certainly flows off the tongue better than "That viking at Stamford Bridge" lol.

[@fishnujish1511]

Though there aren't many dudes who are 7 feet tall and hold an entire English army at a strategic chokepoint just so that their bros can't get ambushed anymore.

[@juhaszmate5095]

@@masonwingate7683 well sure, but calling him by a fabricated name is just wrong, and he already kind of has a name. If you say "the nameless berserker at Stamford Bridge" there wouldn't be many people who do not know who you're talking about, as that is the "name" often attributed to him

[@АмериканецвРоссии-и4б]

@@juhaszmate5095 Indeed - find yourself a nameless berserker, ladies. I see nothing wrong with this 😀

[@latvianminecrafter8040]

Greetings from Latvia!🇱🇻

[@krh-kq9qy]

I looped this for 3 days already and its still on loop Cuz its epic

[@user-jm1do8cs2s]

this is my kind of music

[@Madsvda]

Not to be that guy but your name is in elder futhark That's the proto Germans Not the Norse The Norse wrote in younger futhark (In case you didn't know)

[@user-jm1do8cs2s]

@@Madsvda That's just a coincidence, I wrote my last name in elder futhark because it looked cool...

[@bjrnjordan4374]

@@Madsvda the Norse used elder futhark too

[@weirdkidfromspace]

The elder Futhark surely is one of the most beautiful and "natural" looking alphabet (if I can call it so). Anyways, Nordman - I aswell enjoy this kind of music

[@luugo86]

This is a very impressive composition, thank you for sharing it. Harald Hardrada lived one of the most remarkable lives in human history in my very humble opinion.

[@WeazelNewsBroadcasts]

Nice song, me and my boys like it. Greetings to all vikings (varjags) from Novgorodian Rus'⬜🟦⬜🤝🇧🇻🇸🇪🇩🇰🇮🇸🇫🇴. Rurik is a nice guy🙂👍

[@Robespierre228]

Что за "флаг новгородской Руси"?

[@WeazelNewsBroadcasts]

@@Robespierre228 ну вообще-то это и есть флаг Великого Новгорода.

[@Robespierre228]

@@WeazelNewsBroadcasts интересно, не знал об этом.

[@outra9431]

Sad i can't find norman's scandinav flag

[@MatthewWilliams-jj3ue]

When I first heard this the 7th time I teard up so bad it's actually a hard pill to swallow honestly

[@madsleonardholvik3040]

Great song! Harald Hardråde was one of the toughest guys around.

[@jeffreyrosenfeld453]

True warriors and kings listen to this song when they're depressed or sad👑

[@enimsay7576]

I listen to it anytime

[@silverlynxclaw1460]

I can't stop thinking about this guy and was delighted to find this song. He has the spirit and bravery I aspire to have.

[@wiggyam1268]

This isnt Norrøn/Norse, its just a norwegian dialect

[@wiggyam1268]

@Pneumonocolvocanomicroscopicsilicolvocano-coniosis No this is literally just a dialect with a few old norwegian words added to the mix, its not middle norwegian

[@Skelldr]

Wiggyam What words are added to the mix?

[@Skelldr]

Christopher Miller Yes, it’s sung in Norwegian in the dialect of the vocalist. But they haven’t “thrown in” Old Norwegian words as someone said in the comments 😊

[@ricardo3760]

Telemarks dialekt

[@EiriktheNordAndersen-ju4gl]

Hvadan?

[@NamelessMF1658]

As a man of the old Viken This hits hard 🥲

[@YTResilience]

My favorite song from "back in the day"

[@FjolnirSyverson]

This song will always bring tears to my eyes 👀

[@Skaevs]

as a dane this song makes me feel sad because its the end of the viking age

[@harrypjotr4075]

Me too as a swede. Our ancestors were tough men!

[@juliuscaesar5397]

@@harrypjotr4075 Me too, as a Roman. We all were tough.

[@beurteilung713]

@@juliuscaesar5397 As an American, i feel the same(I know my name is Russian, but that doesn't mean i am). Our ancestors were tough Europeans who sailed across the ocean to flee religious persecution and survived on harsh new land, and then fought for independence. Sometimes i feel like Eastern Europeans and Russians are the only ones left who can truly say they are tough like their ancestors.

[@drageben145]

Would have loved to raid the anglos a bit longer F for viking age

[@TheCorvidsCorner]

Harry Pjotr you guys were tough, a worthy opponent for us Scots, and we served as mercenaries in your wars throughout history! Long live the Celts and Norse! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇲🇩🇰 🇮🇸 🇳🇴 🇸🇪

[@jamesuk1295]

Respect to my Norwegian brothers and sisters from an Englishman in South east England, Respekt til mine skandinaviske brødre og søstre fra en engelskmann i Sørøst -England.

[@wyattmichaelproductions]

Respect. The English are originally Anglo-Saxon, so we have a common ancestry in Germanic roots. I am an American with mixed Germanic and Celtic heritage. The Germanic is specifically Norwegian, Danish, German, and Saxon.

[@jamesuk1295]

@@MagnsATK98 100% brother 💪🏻

[@Zapp4rn]

Respekt från Svea Rike, 200% bröder! 💪🏻💪🏻

[@benj_swfc361]

im english with viking ancestry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇳🇴🇩🇰

[@generalmichaelconstantine4598]

Jeg elsker Norge 🇬🇷🇳🇴

[@ullejarnsida]

förlat du musta sej jag älskar sverige

[@luke8264]

Ulle Jarnsida jag hader sverige :P

[@theotherone6592]

Her er Danmark og Sverige i et nøtteskall🤣 Sloss dere om oss igjen?!🤦‍♂️

[@captaincookie1286]

Øyvind Grande-Kjær at kæmpe med svensker er det vi er mest kendt for XD jeg mener bort set for lego

[@theotherone6592]

@@captaincookie1286 👌

[@հերետիկոսություն]

i feel grateful, thank you

[@johnpauliii8868]

there is something about that instrument resembling hammered dulcimer that just makes any ballad awesome

[@ericdeichmuller3731]

Wunderschön und ein Stolzes Tolles Schönes Lied.

[@Robespierre228]

Oh, ist das ein deutscher Kommentar?

[@YouTubeisgettingworse.]

@@Robespierre228’Oversett’ knappen på telefoner hjelper også ❤

[@Robespierre228]

@@KZbinisgettingworse. Sorry ich verstehe dich nicht :(

[@YouTubeisgettingworse.]

@@Robespierre228 The ‘Translate’ button you get on mobile phones makes it easy to understand other languages.

[@ЕгорЭпштейн-ф6ц]

Мира и добра вам Норвежцы

[@RocketPhone46]

😃👍

[@hamzaferoz6162]

You know what's great. This battle had major personalities like Godwinson and Hardrada yet people remember that Chad nameless berserker more than them. THAT'S A LEGACY

[@user-be9rq5re2l]

Hadrada was well known throughout history too, he was a warrior from the start. I don't know much about Godwinson though.

[@paulsmith5752]

Tjodolf the Strong?

[@paulsmith5752]

@@user-be9rq5re2l Harold Godwinson was a very unlucky king. Competent, but couldn't be in 3 places at once.

[@SammieChillGuyOof]

Thjodolf the strong was the berzerker

[@hamzaferoz6162]

@@SammieChillGuyOof They don't know the Bloke's actual name

[@captain_cron4]

We making it to Iceland with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@buddzzbuddy7167]

My favorite one of all old traditional music

[@Coupal1]

It is also thought that if the English King Harold Godwinson had not had to fight the Vikings on September 25th 1066, that he would have probably prevailed against William the Conqueror and won the Battle of Hastings on October 14th 1066, thus preventing the Normans from taking over England. How different the English language would be today!

[@americanman3054]

Imagine how diffrent England would be today

[@Coupal1]

@@americanman3054 Right. The whole history of the world would have been different!

[@varangianguard7102]

Actually, here’s what I think would happen. History would unravel exactly what it had been doing for the past 60 years. The North Sea Empire would be reestablished, the English nobility surrendering to Harald. Eventually, King Harald would die, as he was very old and his invasion of England was more for glory than anything. His claim would be passed down to one of his sons, if not both. Then there would be some war to restore some anglo saxon king bla bla bla. Remember Normandy? Well, William is going to have to build up his army again. Any defeat from the Anglo Saxons wouldn’t be incredibly decisive if it was achieved - the norman army was much better equiped and diversly comprised of horsemen, archers, etc. In the midst of the chaos with England and Norway, they’d give it another shot and press William’s claim. Basically, the pre-1066 ante bellum is restored for a short while until they go again for part 2. The exhausted Norwegians couldn’t hold on to England for much longer at this point. The North Sea Empire was able to hold on to England for so long because the English people were just tired of war and chaos and the Danish king was seen as a stabilizing factor. That is where the Norwegians would not succeed in. Not to mention the likelihood of a Swedish invasion or Danish invasion to restore hegemony over the weak state back in Scandinavia. As cool as a continued Second Viking Age would be or maybe even a third, European politics meant that the vikings were long dead.

[@Coupal1]

@@milesridley8548 True. And I ,m descended from all of them!

[@Jupiterssilhouette]

My last name Rudd is from a Viking settler in England, proud to have that history

[@LinusWatches]

Amazing

[@hoolio5659]

Lmao gay

[@williamm1014]

@Hoolio Great response buddy, gonna throw a party now?

[@willimeister2553]

Justinian I why not invade Miklagard?

[@Jupiterssilhouette]

@@hoolio5659 lol hope that's not intentional

[@Defferleffer]

If you like this, you should give “Eirik Jarl” a listen.

[@Vydra06]

Thanks for that. I enjoyed that song too.

[@thedictationofallah]

already have, listen to olafur liljuros, better. eiril jarl is good too, every viking song is good

[@concordianmarshall9089]

Why is this addicting

[@nhenghali1916]

We had marched all night long Now silently we stood upon the ridge An army of fifteen thousand strong Looking down at Stamford Bridge

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

Greetings from Normandie !

[@Whayleejay]

FUCK OFF

[@user-xq4st9ie7r]

@@Whayleejay 😂

[@patchiepls9915]

well william had a good plan

[@georgevirtus]

William the conqueror is the descendant of Rollo, a Danish Viking chief, so tbh the Saxons lost to a French Viking.

[@Bracus.Reghusk]

@@georgevirtus yeah, but william was born 120-200 years after Rollo, he was a normand and a frank.

[@sadafhusain2059]

Its pretty cool that there was a battle in a football stadium and someone wrote a beautiful song about it as well.

[@unfathomablyunfathomable]

Tf? The song is about the battle of Stamford Bridge (1066 AD)

[@sadafhusain2059]

@@unfathomablyunfathomable Didn't knew the stadium was that old. And people say Chelsea had no history before Roman took over

[@unfathomablyunfathomable]

@@sadafhusain2059 There was no battle in any football stadium. They are talking about a bridge. There was a battle in England on a bridge. What did football stadium come from?

[@GrzegorzBraunYTOfficial]

​@@unfathomablyunfathomableI think that you're missing the sarcasm bait here. He is joking about a Football Club's stadium named the Stamford Bridge, in London England. Chelsea Football Club

[@unfathomablyunfathomable]

@@GrzegorzBraunYTOfficial Didn't seem like a joke, but just some random person on the internet not understanding something (which is the case 99.9% of the time). Plus I'm not from the UK, so I don't know about a random stadium (or perhaps it's well known what do I know) but ok

[@justieer]

Merry Christmas!

[@JackTheSheep]

Now I wanna raid a monastery

[@fishnujish1511]

*Lindisfarme burning noises*

[@isyankarbabun1320]

Oh!!! Ragnarson's is coming

[@alkfouq8762]

No, Scandinavia was all Christian in 1066.

[@trymarki1608]

@@alkfouq8762 only the kings and powerfull were 100% many peasants and Farmers still beleived

[@johannesroundhouse5996]

Go back to raiding in that little game of yours son, the grown ups are listening to your dad. Now shut up. Now shut up. Now shut up. Now shut up.

[@glendurgrantig1391]

Das Lied ist einfach zu krass. ich kann nicht aufhören das zu hören

[@willemvanstaden3292]

I opened this video and my family's main sigil appears - the Raven. I mean I know we are descended from Swedish Vikings but it's still amazing seeing how connected we are to history.

[@moldova7857]

Where a real man cries:

[@Dat_Boy_Dale_Gribble]

Moment of silence for the man who paid the ultimate price for play of the game. This is why men must teach their sons not to hit below belt. Or the bridge, for that matter

[@danielreardon6453]

Bellow the belt striking is justified when your life or a loved ones life is threatened

[@Dat_Boy_Dale_Gribble]

@@danielreardon6453 sure, that’s exactly what happened

[@Freedmoon44]

@@danielreardon6453 they were an army vs 1 guy since when he was threatening their loved ones lol

[@serbianwarrior5930]

@@Freedmoon44 wdym since when was he threatening loved ones? He was part of the entire Norwegian army who were invading and trespassing in English territory where English families lived.

[@MatthewWilliams-jj3ue]

I heard this 1,000 times i cry

[@Velstadt88]

I cry every time I hear this song

[@I_Am_Logan42]

Out of all the old norse music, this seems the most calmest and chillest song

[@hades9025]

this is not old norse mate

[@I_Am_Logan42]

@@hades9025 well it is a very calm song about a brutal and violent battle that led to the end of an age

[@apocalypticpraefectus8575]

Really gives of that "AND THEN SHIT STARTED GOING SOUTH" vibe when the beat picks up

[@francogines1957]

All hail HARALD HARDRADA . The bro who has a mount and blade and assassin's Creed valhalla campaign life story.

[@britishmexico2372]

We making it off the bridge with this one 🗣🔥💯

[@majsivic7211]

faxx🔥🔥💯💯💴💴

[@Corn-Flakes1000]

1:44 the norwegian text says "195 ships", but the translation says "156 ships". hmmmm...

[@wimja8882]

Oh god I just realized. But it can be hard to understand what he is saying. I’m from Norway and I still get confused about it from time to time.

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

The way he says the number is a way that is normal in Western Norway. So if this is translated to English by an English-man or most likely an Eastern Norwegian, that might explain why the translation is wrong (which is quite understandeble). Here is the example from the song: Western Norway = Eit hundre å fem og nitti skip (195). Almost all the rest of Norway: Ett hundre og nitti fem skip (195). 195 ships is what he sings in the song. I'm from Rogaland (this is the way we say numbers here) and almost everyone except Western Norwegians get confused by this way of pronouncing numbers.

[@Vingul]

@@RandomNorwegianGuy. Not to "counter-signal" you here, but I don't think that's quite right. I'm from the Oslo region and have always alternated between saying for instance "hundre-og-nitti-fem" and "hundre-og-fem-og-nitti" (for any English speakers here that's "a hundred and five and ninety" = 195). Perhaps most people here don't say it like that but I don't think anyone would misunderstand.

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

@@Vingul Enig at det alltid finnes unntak. Men sånn er det med alt. Eg bruker Finn.no å kjøper å selger mye, ofte. Kver gang eg skal kjøpe, selge og/eller hente noe på øst, midt eller nord Norge, så forstår de fleste av dem ikkje ka eg meine når eg sier (f.eks hundre fem å nitti). Men det har selvfølgelig vært noen unntak der, men veldig få unntak

[@Vingul]

@@RandomNorwegianGuy. må si det høres ekstremt merkelig ut at folk misforstår noe så elementært, men tror deg på det du sier! Jeg har som sagt vokst opp med det, på Østlandet. Kanskje faren min har det fra min bestefar, som opprinnelig er fra Odda, ikke vet jeg. Men jeg skulle mene at det er langt fra bare min familie som tidvis snakker slik der jeg er fra, så det virker usannsynlig at det er hele årsaken. Men nok om det. Hvis noen har misforstått meg når jeg har «brukt det» så har det gått meg hus forbi hvertfall :)

[@SueellenOrkaPeterson-lm2ns]

Beautiful song 🎵 & pictures 📸 📷

[@макслюлюкин]

Harald was a friend of Prince Vladimir Yaroslavich(according to one version, Vladimir's mother could be the Swedish Princess Ingigerda) and was married to his sister Elizabeth. The daughter of the English King Harold was married to the Grand Duke Vladimir Monomakh. These were the ties that existed in Europe at that time.

[@agri9971]

Russia and Britain we're friends until The Revolution happened.

[@paulsmith5752]

Vladimir Yaroslavich, or in Norse, Valdemar Jurislevsson :)

[@rangerrilles5572]

@@agri9971 Not always. There were a multitude of times when the Brits and Russians fought against each other, either diplomatically or on the field of battle. This was mostly because the British worry that the Russians would counter their own Colonial ambitions or would grow to powerful.

[@carterjones8126]

​@@agri9971 **cough** Crimean War **cough**

[@pedrokarstguimaraes2817]

Just wanderful! We believe a very faithfull medieval song !!!

[@williswameyo5737]

Respect to the Vikings who fought on the bridge -Legends

[@PieEyter]

For anyone who was as confused as I was - Muru-kåre is Morcar earl of Northumberland (or Morkere) and Valthjof is Waltheof, earl of northampton and later Northumberland!

[@concordianmarshall9089]

I've been repeating this for 3 hours, help

[@jenkinsrooster7152]

Whenever I tell Norwegians that the only musician that can make me stomp the brakes and crank reverse and drive all the way back, even if it's 200 km away already is Harald Foss they look dumbfounded at me, yup... it's complicated - A Swede.

[@Vingul]

@@gilgamesh7055 haha hva faen

[@Vingul]

​@@gilgamesh7055 migrerer? Tror det er veldig få som flytter til Sverige for å handle billig mat og sprit. De ganske få nordmennene som f.eks. flytter til Bohuslän handler vel stort sett i Grebbestad, Tanumshede og lignende, der er det ikke spesielt billig. På grensa er det veldig billig, men dit er det nordmenn som bor i Norge som drar på dagstur. Det blir ansett som et problem i Norge også, at nordmenn legger igjen så mange penger i Sverige fremfor å støtte norsk økonomi. Altså, Sverige tjener masse penger som kanskje heller burde forblitt i Norge på "svenskehandelen". Synes ikke at det nødvendigvis er en god ting jeg heller.

[@Vingul]

​@@gilgamesh7055 Jepp, det er en svært god ting at Sverige ikke gikk inn på det tilbudet. Svenske arbeidere som bor i Norge er nå en annen sak enn norske dagsturer 10 minutter over grensa til Nordby, men kanskje de burde skattlegges høyere enn nordmenn, ikke vet jeg.

[@Vingul]

​@@gilgamesh7055 det var egentlig ikke et seriøst forslag fra min side, jeg bare bidro med motsatsen til det du meldte innledningsvis.. men du mente altså kanskje bare dagsturer/svenskehandel, og ikke nordmenn som faktisk migrerer til Sverige? Personlig synes jeg ikke at folk som ikke er nordmenn bør få norsk statsborgerskap i det hele tatt, men det er en annen sak :-) svensker er selvfølgelig ikke noe særskilt problem i så måte! F.eks. i Vietnam vil en innvandrer aldri få nøyaktig de samme rettighetene som vietnamesere selv har, og jeg ser ikke at det er noe galt i en slik ordning. Kanskje det kunne vært en særskilt ordning oss skandinavere imellom, vi er tross alt brødrefolk. Men igjen, nå beveger vi oss inn på annet territorie, vil ikke åpne en helt ny "can of worms" her.

[@roban2799]

It's feels kind of cool how I could understand the whole song by just knowing swedish

[@jonatanlj747]

To be fair, the song was sung by a Norwegian, which is why it was so understandable.

[@andreasiversen3440]

Why wouldnt you understand it?

[@andreasiversen3440]

@Ringsfjord Så rart.

[@engleberteverything421]

How much understanding is there between eg. Swedish and Norwegian in day to day speech?

[@villads7574]

Sandt jeg er dansker

[@InfiniteAuraFC_sl]

Just love this traditional Norwegian folk song...For the past few months, INGEN has been good at their folk songs content.

[@BirkaViking]

Epic song and music. Greetings from the north.