Ragnar Lodbrok, also translated as Lothbrok, was a 9th-century Viking chieftain whose life and legend were memorialized in stories and myths. His life and the stories written about him circulated at the height of Viking power when these Norse raiders frequently attacked England in an attempt to...
Ragnar Lothbrok, 9th-century Viking whose historical existence is difficult to distinguish from legend in medieval European literature. He is said to have been the father of Viking leaders Halfdan, Ivar the Boneless, and Hubba, who are believed to have l