The Legendary Order of the Jomsvikings | The Greatest Viking Warriors?

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There are many tales on individual Viking warriors, but today I will tell you about the legends who were in the Jomsvikings order.
The Jomsvikings were a legendary order of Viking Mercenaries who lived in the 10th and 11th century. They were well known around Scandinavia for their Pagan worship of Odin and Thor and their incredible fighting abilities. However, as mercenaries they would fight for any lord or King no matter their religion, as long as they were paid handsomely. The Jomsvikings first appear in the history books in the 12th and 13th century Icelandic Sagas. These sagas were written at least 100 years after the disbanding of the Jomsvikings so it is difficult to assure the accuracy of the writings.

Sources: The Jomsviking Saga, The Kings’ sagas, King Olaf Tryggvasson’s saga, The Knytlinga Saga and the tale of Strybjorn the Swedish champion.

[Doctor-Stoppage]

I had never heard of the Jomsvikings until I watched "the Vinland saga."

[Son-of-Tyr]

Styrbjorn as in Stir-BYorn. Which means 'Violent Bear'.

[Son-of-Tyr]

Harald Bluetooth and his son, Sweyn Forkbeard, betrayed Styrbjorn Jarl at the Battle of Fyrisvellir. Styrbjorn was heir to the throne of Sweden, but his uncle, Erikr, would not give up the throne. After Styrbjorn and the Jomsvikings made shore, Styrbjorn set fire to his ships to send a message. The message being that there is no retreat. They would have victory or death. Once Harald saw this bold yet reckless act, he and Sweyn had their forces retreat. Styrbjorn Jarl fell in battle and his uncle would then be known as 'Erikr the Victorious'.

[ronanderson]

Ollie!! Your channel is absolutely PHENOMENAL! Keep up the great work. This channel has the best historical content on YouTube and possibly the entire internet!

[Agapy]

Hi Ollie. Amazing. You are a great researcher and narrator. I’m captivated every week.

[jamiegregg]

another bloody awesome vid Ollie ruddy enjoyed it plus the Jomsvikings are awesome

[slyaspie]

What harsh, violent times they lived in, some of these men were truly bloodthirsty

[NegiTaiMetal]

I'm now interested in getting to know the Jomsvikings. The first time I heard of them was through an Amon Amarth album that bears their name.

[nimbusnimbus.IV.]

Hell yes we want more videos on these Great Warriors. Excellent job.

[paullatter]

Love to see more videos on any of these figures. Vikings are very trendy now and real history is good to see. Thanks

[ELKE-]

Awesome video! My favourite category to listen to. Your voice is perfect and natural for this. Thank you Ollie for the enjoyable time :) Keep up your amazing work!

[adamstephenson]

I'd love to see the videos. I really enjoy when you cover lesser known people.

[lokiwolfwhisperer]

You should do a video on another lesser known sect of Vikings the Galloglach Vikings aka Gallowglass Ireland's Viking Mercenaries. Another great video mate 💪🏻.

[pokemanwyman]

You’ve gotta do a video on Erik the red! Or also Ubbe! Another good one is Halfdan

[franciebelcher]

This is absolutely fantastic!! I'm currently listening to all of the series n order and haven't stopped 2 thumbs up them all, but I'll go back thru and do that, lol. Thank u so freaking much 4 this incredible history series. So well done, I can't believe I didn't find this sooner.

[North_sea_empire_Viking]

Palnatoke's rules make good sense and should go with out saying in the Viking world. Also, the part where the Jomsvikings executed the Arch Bishop of Canterbury for 'being annoying' was very amusing...as ya do ha ha! Keep up the good work History Profiles!!

[berenicewaters]

Another excellent upload from HP. Thanks for sharing bthis account from the Ancient Viking t chronicles. Lovely visuals. Thanks for you amazing content.

[jessiebarkemeyer]

This saga needs to be a history channel show. Or HBO for a rated R

[NoelWesley]

Another great video. I'm with The Jomsvikings Reenactment Society and this video fits really with what we know about the Jomvikings from the sagas. I'm not a "Jomsviking" but part of The Army Jomsborg., The Jomsvikings are our 'Officers' (to use a modern term). I'm a Free Drengr with The Army Jomsborg. They use the code of the Jomsvikings to test each new member who comes from the Army or "Storms". Kit, knowledge of the Sagas and Runes is of a very high standard for Jomsvikings. The Combat Test is really tough. I know people who have failed the test, sometimes more than once, eventually passing to become Jomsvikings. Safety is our number one concern so you have to be highly skilled even in Stage Combat to become one. I haven't been to Wolin yet but the standards are very high too. To a certain degree, even the part of no women in the Fortress. Women are allowed into the Fortress at Wolin but not allowed to fight. We do have a lot of women fighters in the Army of Jomsborg but they are not allowed to fight at Wolin. The codes of Brotherhood are very important and taken very seriously. Once again, great job with the video.

[picklerick.n.]

Awesome as aqlways keep up the grat work Ollie deep respect :)