Olav

Olav (portrayed by Henrik Mestad) is the chieftain of Norheim, the brother of Orm, and the husband of Hildur. He returns with the Viking crew from a successful raid on a nearby village, but finds his leadership called into question.

"A plan so crazy it might just work" is said the first time by Olav in S1/E1: The Homecoming. It's a recurring sentence in the show.

Trivia

 * Olav has his last appearance in Episode 3/Season 1: The Funeral.
 * Because Season 3 (or "Sesong 0") is a prequel to the previous two seasons, Olav is still among the Vikings of Norheim.

Appearances

 * Season One


 * The Homecoming
 * Olav returns home with the Viking crew of Norheim from their raid in England and helps his best friend Arvid to gain a better life with a farm and a wife.


 * The Escape
 * Olav helps to hunt down the escaped slave Rufus who then is found with the Nomads in the forest. The nomads try to keep the slave for themselves after Rufus dazzled them with some magic tricks. Olav warns the nomads and cuts off the Nomad Leaders ear for stealing from him.


 * The Funeral
 * He has to face the consequences after he maimed the leader of the Nomads, who tried to keep the escaped Norheim slave Rufus. The Nomad leader finally takes revenge when Olav is defenceless and stabs the Norheim chieftain several times. Olav survives this attack and was on his deathbed, but Orm eventually tries to suffocate him before he was going to name Arvid the next chieftain. Orm also fails at suffocating his brother so he begins to stress Olavs stab wounds until Olav dies.


 * For his trip to Valhalla, Olav receives his sword and of course the previous "Map to the West" and the raft is sent into the fjord. Unfortunately, Orm has frozen fingers this day and his burning arrow doesn't hit the raft.


 * Season Three


 * Thin Up Top (Høl i hatten)
 * Olav and the Norheim Vikings are hunting the "Shitting log stalker.


 * Bachelor Party (Utdrikningslag)
 * Wedding and Sacrifice (Bryllup og blot)
 * War Table (Krigsbord)
 * Do You Believe in Dragons? (Tror du på drager?)
 * Olav supports Jarl Varg in his battle against Jarl Bjørn.


 * Scrotum Whipping (Pisk på pung)
 * Olav learns about England through his brother Orm.

Trivia

 * Like many of his "Norsemen" co-stars, Henrik Mestad also appeared in the Norwegian Netflix show "Lilyhammer".
 * Mestad portrayed "King Olaf II of Norway" in "The Saint Olav Drama" at Stiklestad 2013.
 * Played in the TV-Series "Helt perfekt", together with many co-stars from Norsemen.