There’s a good reason the sight of a Viking longship struck fear in the hearts of coastal villagers: the Vikings were bad news for everyone. When they weren’t raiding, pillaging, and demanding tribute not to raid and pillage, Vikings even fought with each other. There are so many badass Vikings that it’s tough to narrow it down, but these ten who made their peers soil their breeches. →Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/toptenznet?sub_confirmation=1 → → GET A T-SHIRT - http://shop.spreadshirt.com/toptenz →Top 10 Objects That Were Clearly Invented Just to Annoy Physics: https://youtu.be/0MVGeRa-vLo →Simon's VLOG: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvqt8j7DfPmveJp3UOk9XTg Entertaining and educational top 10 lists from TopTenzNet! Brand new videos 7 days a week! Videos are published at 6pm EST every day! Subscribe to our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TopTenz/ Other TopTenz Videos: Text version: http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-toughest-viking-warriors.php Coming up: 10. Eric Bloodaxe 9. Freydis Eriksdottir 8. Sweyn Forkbeard 7. Harald Hardrada 6. Bjorn Ironside 5. Gunnar Hamundarson 4. Erik the Red 3. Ragnar Lodbrok 2. Ivar the Boneless 1. Egil Skallagrimsson Source/Further reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloodaxe http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/vikings/bloodaxe_01.shtml http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Bloodaxe http://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blogs/537324:BlogPost:50211 http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/freydis/indexen.html http://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/vinland/whereisvinland/freydis/3879en.html http://www.fva.is/harpa/comenius/sagas/freydis2.html http://www.fortidensjelling.dk/jellinge5.htm http://www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/vikings.htm http://www.nndb.com/people/718/000093439/ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/576957/Sweyn-I http://www.executedtoday.com/2007/11/13/1002-st-brices-day-massacre/ http://manzine.org/2009/08/04/real-men-harald-hardrada/ http://web.archive.org/web/20140223200958/http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/MEDhardrada.htm http://www.historyinanhour.com/2012/09/25/harald-hardrada-summary/ http://militaryhistory.about.com/od/battleswars10011200/p/hastings.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Ironside http://sagadb.org/brennu-njals_saga.en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunnar_H%C3%A1mundarson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_the_Red http://www.greenland.com/en/about-greenland/kultur-sjael/historie/vikingetiden/erik-den-roede.aspx https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Ericson http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=morris&book=scandinavian&story=ragnar http://nordicculturespot.blogspot.com/2010/02/ragnar-lodbrok.html http://www.oocities.org/jinghiz53/Ivarr_the_Boneless.html http://www.theintellectualdevotional.com/blog/2010/05/26/ivar-the-boneless-viking-warrior-gumby-or-sufferer-of-brittle-bone-disease/ http://fathom.lib.uchicago.edu/1/777777122294/ http://sagadb.org/egils_saga.en http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egill_Skallagr%C3%ADmsson