Björn Ironside

Björn Ironside is the following most famous Viking of all time. According to Norse mythology, Björn Ironside was a Swedish king as well as a Norse Viking commander. His life is dated between 855 and 858 in the Scandinavian history of the 12th and 13th centuries. He was the son of infamous Viking king Ragnar Lodbrok. According to legend, Björn Ironside founded the Swedish Munsö dynasty. Antiquarians asserted that a barrow on the island of Munsö was Björn Järnsidas hög, or Björn Ironside's barrow, in the early 18th century. Björn Ironside's sons and grandsons, notably Erik Björnsson and Björn at Haugi, are mentioned in medieval texts. According to Icelandic sagas, Björn was a member of the royal house of Munsö, which governed Sweden until around 1060.

Strong Viking chieftain and naval commander "Berno" was. He can be found in recent publications like the Chronicon Fontanellense and Annales Bertiniani. It was the summer of 855 when he was first mentioned. The Norman history of William of Jumièges is the first book that describes his ancestry (c. 1070). Hastein, Björn Ironside, and maybe one or more of his brothers co-led a significant Viking invasion into the Mediterranean in 859–861, according to a variety of Frankish, Norman, Arab, Scandinavian, and Irish sources. The Norsemen plunder the south of France where the fleet spent the winter before setting foot in Italy where they conquer the city of Pisa. This occurs after they have raided down the Iberian coast and forced their way through Gibraltar. During the Mediterranean voyage, the Vikings are said to have lost 40 ships to a storm while riding high on this victory and others they had around the Mediterranean. According to William of Jumièges' later account of the mission, Björn Ironside served as the expedition's commander.

Throughout the Middle Ages, various versions of the tale of Björn and his brothers who are the sons of the Scandinavian monarch Ragnar Lodbrok were told. The Tale of Ragnar's Sons, also known as Ragnarssona áttr, is an Icelandic Fornaldar Saga from around the fourteenth century that combines mythological elements with conventional Norse oral history. According to the information given, Björn was the child of Ragnar and Aslaug and had three brothers named Hvitserk, Ivar the Boneless, and Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye. Eric and Agnar, Björn's half-brothers, are also mentioned in the story.