Lawspeaker

Lawspeaker - portrayed by Finn Schau - is an important and most respected person in the Norheim village. In case of some legal dispute, the Vikings reach out to him. The Lawspeaker's power is represented by a dirty cap he wears, which has obviously been passed down through generations of lawspeakers. When Rufus becomes the Lawspeaker, he puts on the hat and immediately throws it off because it is full of 'lice and vermin'.


 * Liv calls for his aid when she returns to Norheim after Arvid exiled her.
 * He has a wasp-allergy - a knowledge that is used against him by Orm and Rufus in S2/E3:Hand Job.
 * Due to the wasp attack in S2/E3, the Lawspeaker is terribly wounded but found alive in his hut by Arvid, Frøya, Ragnar, and the slaves Orm and Rufus (S2/E4: Vengeance). Very weak, he manages to call out someone starting with Or... to be the traitor. Orm quickly grabs a knife from the floor and stabs like berserk the Lawspeaker's throat. Even the present warriors, who are familiar with violence, are quite shocked, but Orm explains he did it out of mercy, so there was no more suffering for the man.
 * Rufus briefly becomes new Lawspeaker, when the Viking Warrior's find the fake Lawspeaker rune staves in the hut, which proclaim Rufus of Rome to be the new Lawspeaker and Orm to be a free man.
 * Aside from the rune staves, the Lawspeaker's hat is obviously an important item. Rufus demands to wear the hat optionally, as it's full of lice.
 * Kark is ordered to bury his slave friends Tina and Odd together with the dead Lawspeaker.
 * Also listed as "Lovgiveren" - Norwegian for Lawspeaker, "Law giver".