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How tall is Bjorn from Vikings? ›

He always looked like an absolute mountain of a man, towering far above anyone else surrounding him. Now I googled how tall Alexander Ludwig is and he is "only" 1.88m tall. Of course that's still pretty tall and well above average but not extraordinarily tall.

Bjorn Played by Alexander Ludwig. Bjorn Lothbrok is the son of Ragnar and Lagertha and the oldest of Ragnar's many sons. Intelligent and determined, Bjorn loves and admires his father above all men. Following in Ragnar's footsteps, Bjorn desires to test himself as a fighter as well as an explorer.

Gustaf Skarsgård (the actor, if you did not already know that) is about 193 cm/6.4 foot. He was in fact the tallest in the Vikings main cast, with Alexander Ludwig and Clive Standen being an inch or two shorter.

In terms of narrative, it works that Rollo is Bjorn's real father and that he considers Ragnar as his dad, as he was the one who raised him. Ragnar also sees him as one of his sons, to the point where Odin sees Bjorn when he takes a look at Ragnar's sons.

Several of the sagas describe him as lacking legs/bones or having a skeletal condition such as osteogenesis imperfecta, while a passage in Ragnarssona þáttr (also known as the tale of Ragnar's sons) suggest it refers to male impotence.

Fame is not an objective measure, so it is difficult to declare, definitively, who is the most famous of the Ragnarssons. The two most likely candidates are Ivar the Boneless or Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye.

In the end, he found power as a ruler, as a commander, and as a King. He commanded armies, and his physical strength was unmatched, making Bjorn clearly the most powerful of Ragnar's sons and one of the strongest characters in Vikings.

However, all of his adult sons is at or around 190–195 cm (6,3–6,5, for those that prefer that kind of measurements). Quite tall, even for Scandinavians. Gustaf was the tallest in the Vikings main cast, something not really noticeable due to Floki having terrible posture.

Skeletons of people as tall as 6 ft 1/2 in. have been found, and those in richly furnished Viking graves - belonging to high- ranking people - were on average considerably taller than those in the more ordinary graves, undoubtedly because of better living conditions.

How big was Rollo the Viking? ›

Rumours put Rollo at around 140kg and 2 metres tall. However, these tales could have been started by Rollo himself to strike fear into anyone that might want to cross him.