Top 10 Toughest VIKING WARRIORS

There’s a good reason the sight of a Viking longship struck fear in the hearts of coastal villagers: the Vikings were bad news for everyone. When they weren’t raiding, pillaging, and demanding tribute not to raid and pillage, Vikings even fought with each other. There are so many badass Vikings that it’s tough to narrow it down, but these ten who made their peers soil their breeches.

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10. Eric Bloodaxe
9. Freydis Eriksdottir
8. Sweyn Forkbeard
7. Harald Hardrada
6. Bjorn Ironside
5. Gunnar Hamundarson
4. Erik the Red
3. Ragnar Lodbrok
2. Ivar the Boneless
1. Egil Skallagrimsson

Source/Further reading:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloodaxe
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/bloodaxe_01.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloodaxe
http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blogs/537324:BlogPost:50211
http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/freydis/indexen.html
http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/freydis/3879en.html
http://www.fva.is/harpa/comenius/sagas/freydis2.html
http://www.fortidensjelling.dk/jellinge5.htm
http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/vikings.htm
http://www.nndb.com/people/718/000093439/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/576957/Sweyn-I
http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/13/1002-st-brices-day-massacre/
http://manzine.org/2009/08/04/real-men-harald-hardrada/
http://web.archive.org/web/20140223200958/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDhardrada.htm
http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/09/25/harald-hardrada-summary/
http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars10011200/p/hastings.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ironside
http://sagadb.org/brennu-njals_saga.en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_H%C3%A1mundarson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red
http://www.greenland.com/en/about-greenland/kultur-sjael/historie/vikingetiden/erik-den-roede.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson
http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=morris&book=scandinavian&story=ragnar
http://nordicculturespot.blogspot.com/2010/02/ragnar-lodbrok.html
http://www.oocities.org/jinghiz53/Ivarr_the_Boneless.html
http://www.theintellectualdevotional.com/blog/2010/05/26/ivar-the-boneless-viking-warrior-gumby-or-sufferer-of-brittle-bone-disease/
http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777122294/
http://sagadb.org/egils_saga.en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egill_Skallagr%C3%ADmsson

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