The height, weight, and ages of the characters mentioned in this article will all be actor based.
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DATA CHART
| Name | Age | Weight | Height | Actor Name |
| King Canute | 39 | 215lbs | 6’3 | Bradley Freegard |
| Jarl Estrid Haakon | 59 | 143lbs | 5’8 | Caroline Henderson |
| Jarl Kare | 40 | 225lbs | 6’6 | Asbjorn Krogh Nissen |
| Harald Sigurdsson | 28 | 141lbs | 6’2 | Leo Suter |
| Olaf Haraldson | 41 | 143lbs | 5’11 | Johannes Haukur Johannesson |
| Prince Edmund | 23 | 165lbs | 5’11 | Louis Davison |
| Liv | 32 | 161lbs | 5’9 | Lujza Richter |
| Queen Elfgifu | 43 | 143lbs | 5’11 | Pollyanna McIntosh |
| Emma of Normandy | 32 | 115lbs | 5’8 | Laura Berlin |
| Leif Erikson | 25 | 176lbs | 6’0 | Sam Corlett |
| Gytha | 27 | 127lbs | 6’0 | Henessi Schmidt |
| Yrsa | ~20 | 115lbs | 5’7 | Alfrun Lafeyjardottir |
| Jarl Gorm | 52 | 206lbs | 5’11 | Julian Seager |
| Freydis Eriksdotter | 29 | 134lbs | 6’1 | Frida Gustavsson |
| Agnarr | 41 | 154lbs | 6’0 | Christopher Rygh |
| Hallbjorn | ~32 | ~210lbs | 6’4 | James Ballanger |
| Merin | 30 | 132lbs | 5’7 | Yvonne Mai |
| Earl Godwin | 38 | 143lbs | 5’11 | David Oakes |
| Altora | 50 | ~150lbs | 5’10 | Annabelle Mandeng |
| Birkir | 47 | ~155lbs | 5’10 | Joakin Natterqvist |
| Skarde | 31 | 143lbs | 5’8 | Edward Franklin |
| King Sweyn Folkbeard | 66 | ~175lbs | 6’0 | Seren Pilmark |
| Jarl Nori | 38 | ~185lbs | 6’4 | Kenneth Christensen |
| Eadric Streona | ~32 | ~155lbs | 5’10 | Gavin Drea |
| Odgar | 59 | ~155lbs | 5’10 | Bill Murphy |
| Yngvi | 39 | ~220lbs | 6’7 | Brian Robinson |
| Toke | ~25 | ~155lbs | ~5’10 | Jack Mullarkey |
| Tomas | 32 | 154lbs | 5’10 | Robert McCormack |
| Johan | 32 | 247lbs | 6’3 | Jaakko Ohtonen |
| Ulf | ~28 | ~155lbs | ~5’10 | Sam Stafford |
| Aethelred “The Unready” | 73 | ~155lbs | ~5’10 | Bosco Hogan |
Analysis, Sources, and Historical Counterparts
Note that the data listed in the chart are all based on the actors. The information was taken from various celebrity bio sites.
In this analysis, we will focus on the historical figures which were used as an inspiration for the characters.
King Canute – In real life, King Canute was a King of England that ruled for about 16 years until he died at the age of 41.
In conclusion, the original Canute in the show should be between the ages of 25 and 41.
King Canute was Danish, so we can approximate his height near the average Danish male height that is 5’11.
Based on his height, his real life weight should be approximately around 175 lbs.
Jarl Estrid Haakon – This character is totally fictional, she has no real life counterpart. However, she is heavily inspired by Haakon Ericsson, a vassal under the monarchy of King Canute.
According to Wikipedia, he was from a dynasty of Norwegian rules.
Norwegian males have an average height of 5’9.
A healthy man with this height should weight around 150lbs.
Jarl Kare – According to ScreenRant, Jarl Kare in the series is loosely based on historical figures like King Hakon Haraldsson, Olaf Tryggvason, or Olaf Haraldsson.
According to Wikipedia, Olaf Tryggvason was a King from Norway since 995 up until 1000.
Being Norwegian, he should be around the height of 5’11.
By approximating his weight based on his height, he should be around 160lbs.
Harald Sigurdsson – This character is probably based on Harald III Sigurdsson or Harald the Ruthless.
Harald was a King of Norway that was known to be a hard ruler.
Being Norwegian, we can approximate his height to be around 5’11 and his weight 160lbs.
However, according to this article, he was known to be physically larger than most men.
In conclusion, we approximate that his height should have been around 6’2 and he had a weight of around 185lbs.
Olaf Haraldsson – This character was probably based off of Saint Olaf or Olaf II of Norway.
Being Norwegian, we can approximate his height to be around 5’11 and his weight 160lbs.
Prince Edmund – Edmund Ironside was an English King. According to Wikipedia, he was the son of King Æthelred the Unready and his first wife, Ælfgifu of York.
Edmund’s reign was marred by a war he had inherited from his father; his cognomen “Ironside” was given to him “because of his valour” in resisting the Danish invasion led by Cnut (Canute) the Great.
According to ONS, average man in England is 5ft 9in (175.3cm) tall and weighed 184lbs.
Liv – This character has no known real life counterpart.
Queen Elfgifu – In real life, Elfgifu of Northampton was a spouse of King Canute. She was born on 990 and died around 1036, indicating that she lived up to the age of 46.
According to Insider, Norwegian women has an average height of 5’5.
A women with a height of 5’5 should weigh around 130lbs.
Emma of Normandy – She was another wife of King Canute or Cnut. She is known to be one of the most visually represented early medieval queens.
According to ONS, the average height of English women is 5ft 3in.
Women with a height of 5’3 should weigh around 115lbs, considering that they aren’t overweight or malnourished.
Leif Erikson – According to Wikipedia, he was a Norse explorer who is thought to have been the first European to have set foot on continental North America, approximately half a millennium before Christopher Columbus.
According to this article, the average height of Scandinavian Norse men was about 5ft 8in.
A 5’8 man should weigh around 150lbs.
Gytha – In the show, she is the granddaughter of Sweyn Forkbeard.
In real life and according to Wikipedia, Sweyn Forkbeard was once a King of Norway and King of the English. He had eight children, one of those named Gytha.
Sweyn Forkbeard had two wives with belonging to a Scandivian and Polish race. Assuming that Gytha is a descendant from one of his wives, she should fall into the same race category as either Scandinavian or Polish.
According to the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration data, Polish women have an average height of about 5’4.
According to Insider, Swedish women have an average height of 5’5.
Considering both of these nationalities, we can speculate that Gytha weighs around 125lbs.
Yrsa – This character is probably derived from one Scandinavian legend with a tragic heroine named Yrsa.
According to Wikipedia, she was a tragic heroine of early Scandinavian legend. Her backstory had relations with the epic poem Beowulf.
According to Insider, Swedish women have an average height of 5’5.
A woman with this height should weigh about 125lbs.
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