Vikings speaking Finnish

From the TV series Vikings (2013) S01E07

[radiationwow]

Why is it such a taboo thing for finns to be vikings? It is written in many tales that finns joined the other vikings during raids. I know finns never did any major raiding, but still.

[roxyeeyee_]

Oh shit I didn't notice this while watching it! (and I'm a Finn)

[noitamummmo]

Im rewatching vikings and just now heard those words for the first time and i needed to come and check if i heard right! :D perkele suomi mainittu

[winterroad]

Finnic tribes who lived in modern Estonia, Finland and Latvia were also Vikings, and both archeological as well as written sources prove it.

[adeyzookrow]

Only after reading the comments section do I realise the Finnish was spoken in the background.
Initially I thought this video set up was an elaborate joke; that the two characters on screen said nothing, stayed silent, in the way Finns don't like small talk

[alexie]

Not all Finns are Vikings but some Vikings are Finns. Plus Finns resist Viking invasion.

Jesus you Finns are very resilient. First the USSR now this? How can your language manage to survive under Swedish rule?

Tell me your secret.

[RockerFinland]

80 ring-hilted swords are found in Europe and 14 of those from Finland

[aahpuuh]

oisitte nähny ilmeeni ku katoin tätä :D

[Tappettava]

Even after the battle someone says "Kyllä väsyttää mutta vielä oli..." which means that I´m still tired, but still were.. The sentence was faded out and not finished.

It was not so uncommon to have some Finns in Danish or Swedish raiding parties, but they speak a lot of Finnish in this episode which makes it implausible. On top of that there is no mention of foreign members of the party which would explain the abundant use of Finnish language in this episode.

[AspiringEgg]

Finns weren't Vikings but they did join raiding parties occasionally. It' as simple as that

[emiliosalazar]

It it's amazing how many speak on behalf of the Finnish people. You are truly one with the God's.

[RockerFinland]

I love the legendary Saga of Viking king Olaf Haraldson (real event, watch from the Google if you don't believe): "...The Finlanders

conjured up in the night, by their witchcraft, a dreadful storm
and bad weather on the sea...". Vikings lost in Finland (the Battle at Herdaler) and the viking king barely survived when he fleed

[andreagiacomociarelli]

I thought this video was a joke about Finns being bashful and not very loquacious

[crazyhelgi]

I'm pretty sure that like half of the things they say in the show isn't old norse at all, if they're speaking old norse I can hear it since it's so similar to icelandic. The only thing I understood in this video was "Skál" which means cheers.

[Astro_Aladfar]

0:09 "Nyt se tulee. Nyt se tulee."

[Nax_XD]

"mulla on rapula" "nyt se tulee nyte se tulee" "nyt se liikkuu" "siel se lentää"

[wardeni]

"Tulkaa kattomaan! Nyt se tulee, nyt se tulee!"

"Come see! Now it's coming, now it's coming!"

I have no Idea wtf they're talking about, but it's funny as f*ck.

[rootedtogrowwny]

Mahtava. En kuuntelenyt ennen. Sorry, I am trying to say I awesome I didn't hear it before.

[pxycopath]

finnish where raided and some where part of wikings

[baldboyfriend]

Is the speaking in finnish in the room with us?