Vikings: Ragnar’s Grown-Up Sons in Season 4’s Return

Hvitserk played by Marco Ilsø

Marco Ilsø was born in 1994 in Denmark and is best known for his work in films The Model, The Absent One, Danny’s Doomsday, You And Me Forever, The Reunion and Rebounce and was cast to play Ragnar’s son Hvitserk in Vikings staring this season.

Historically, Ragnar and Aslaug’s son Hvitserk was one of the principle leaders of The Great Heathen Army alongside his brothers Ivar the Boneless, Ubbe and Sigurd, which invaded Northumbria, Mercia, East Anglia and Wessex in 865 AD. It is said that after the conquest he went pillaging in Gardarike, where he was outnumbered and captured. When he was given the choice of how to die, he decided to be burned alive.