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The sixth and final season of the historical drama television series Vikings premiered on December 4, 2019, on History in Canada. The series broadly follows the exploits of the legendary Viking chieftain Ragnar Lothbrok and his crew, and later those of his sons. The sixth season consists of a double-season order of twenty episodes, split into two parts of ten episodes; the second half was released in its entirety on December 30, 2020 on Amazon Prime Video in Ireland, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria, ahead of its broadcast on History in Canada from January 1 to March 3, 2021. The season focuses on King Bjorn's reign over Kattegat, Ivar's adventures in Rus' and Wessex, and Ubbe's expeditions to Iceland and North America (Greenland and Mi'kma'ki/Canada). Cast Main Katheryn Winnick as Lagertha, a shield-maiden, Ragnar's first wife and former queen of Kattegat (part 1) Alexander Ludwig as King Bjorn Ironside, Ragnar and Lagertha's son, king of Kattegat, and husband to Gunnhild and Ingrid. Nathan O'Toole portrays a young Bjorn Ironside, appearing in a flashback Alex Høgh Andersen as King Ivar the Boneless, fourth son of Ragnar and Aslaug and former king of Kattegat. After fleeing Kattegat, he finds refuge in Rus'. Marco Ilsø as Hvitserk, second son of Ragnar and Aslaug. After the death of Thora, he becomes a drunkard. Jordan Patrick Smith as Ubbe, eldest son of Ragnar and Aslaug and Torvi's husband Danila Kozlovsky as Prince Oleg the Prophet, the Varangian grand prince of Kiev who welcomes Ivar at his court John Kavanagh as The Seer, the former seiðrmann of Kattegat, appearing in visions Peter Franzén as King Harald Finehair, a Viking warlord intended to become the first King of All Norway Eric Johnson as Erik, an outlaw who helps Bjorn. Georgia Hirst as Torvi, Ubbe's wife and a shield-maiden. She was once Bjorn's spouse. Ragga Ragnars as Queen Gunnhild, Bjorn's wife, queen of Kattegat and a shield-maiden Ray Stevenson as Othere, a mysterious wanderer Gustaf Skarsgård as Floki, a gifted shipbuilder (part 2) Jasper Pääkkönen as Halfdan the Black, Harald's violent younger brother, appearing in a vision (part 2)Recurring Guest Martin Maloney as Vigrid, Ivar's travel companion (part 1) Blake Kubena as Prince Askold of Novgorod, Oleg's brother Sandy Kennedy as Sylvi, a former shield-maiden at Lagertha's village Neil Keery as Alexei, a guard in Kiev Jinny Lofthouse as Hild, a shield-maiden under Gunnhild's command Emma Willis as Gyda, a shield maiden that volunteers as a sacrifice Karen Connell as the Angel of Death, a völva Adam Winnick as Rangvald, Harald's captain Emma Eliza Regan as Aoife, a villager from Istrehågan Ronan Summers as Herigar, one of Erik's warriors Katherine Devlin as Natasha, at Oleg's court Noah Syndergaard as Thorbjorn, a Viking warrior in Kattegat Jerry-Jane Pears as Iðunn, the goddess of youth, who appears to Hvitserk Bryan Larkin as Wiglaf, a Saxon commanderNorwegian actor and YouTuber Per Fredrik Åsly (better known as PelleK) appears in "All the Prisoners", "The Key" and "Resurrection" as an envoy from Ubbe's trade expedition. Polish singer Anna Maria Jopek appears in "Death and the Serpent", performing the song "Lagertha's Lament" alongside musician Maciej Rychly. She returns in "The Ice Maiden" to dub Georgia Hirst as Torvi when she sings at Lagertha's funeral. Episodes Production Development An Irish-Canadian co-production presented by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the sixth and final season of Vikings was developed and produced by TM Productions and Take 5 Productions. Morgan O'Sullivan, Sheila Hockin, Sherry Marsh, Alan Gasmer, James Flynn, John Weber, and Michael Hirst are credited as executive producers. This season was produced by Keith Thompson for the first eleven episodes, and Liz Gill for the remaining nine episodes. Bill Goddard and Séamus McInerney are co-producers.The production team for this season includes casting directors Frank and Nuala Moiselle, costume designer Susan O'Connor Cave, visual effects supervisor Dominic Remane, stunt action designer Richard Ryan, composer Trevor Morris, production designer Mark Geraghty, editors Aaron Marshall for the first, fourth, eighth, tenth, twelfth, fifteenth, seventeenth and twentieth episodes, Tad Seaborn for the second, fifth, seventh, ninth, thirteenth, sixteenth and nineteenth episodes, and Dan Briceno for the third, sixth, eleventh, fourteenth and eighteenth episodes and cinematographers Peter Robertson for the first to third, seventh to thirteenth, and sixteenth to twentieth episodes, Owen McPolin for the fourth to sixth episodes, and PJ Dillon for the fourteenth and fifteenth episodes.The eighth episode of the season, "Valhalla Can Wait", was directed by actress Katheryn Winnick, who portrays Lagertha in the series. Writing According to the series's creator and writer Michael Hirst, the idea to explore Oleg the Prophet came to him due to the influence Vikings played in Russian history: "I didn't know that Russia is called Russia because it was founded by the Rus Vikings. I learned so much myself and I always do learn when we go different places and explore new cultures and forgotten languages. [...] I was reading books about the Silk Road and about the Rus Vikings and then I read about Prince Oleg, the prophet. He was this extraordinary ruler of Russia and it all kind of fit into place. It seemed the most obvious. It’s also one of the most exciting things to do because we'd been traveling west so much and it seemed logical to go east again. It was an idea that slowly fermented in my mind." Casting In September 2017, it was announced that Russian actor Danila Kozlovsky would join the cast for the sixth season as Oleg of Novgorod, the 10th century Varangian ruler of the Kyivan Rus. Filming This season is set in areas corresponding to modern Ukraine and Norway, but filming locations included Vik, Norway, standing in for the home of the Rus' Vikings of Kiev, and County Wicklow, Ireland. Some scenes were also shot outside Dublin, at the River Boyne (County Meath), Blessington lakes and Powerscourt Waterfall, Powerscourt Estate (County Wicklow) and at Nuns Beach at Ballybunion (County Kerry) standing in for the Icelandic coast. Scenes that take place in Kattegat were shot in Lough Tay (County Wicklow). Ashford Studios (County Wicklow) were again used as the base for production, where those scenes requiring the use of green screens for CGI were shot. Music The musical score for the sixth and final season was composed by Trevor Morris. Einar Selvik did not return to collaborate with Morris on new original music for the final season. The opening sequence is again accompanied by the song "If I Had a Heart" by Fever Ray, with the final ten episodes featuring a remix of the song by Tim Hecker in place of the original. The soundtrack album was released on December 6, 2019 by Sony Classical Records. Two original songs not included in the album are "Lament for Lagertha" .... Discover the Graham Shields Richard Pears popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Graham Shields Richard Pears books.

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