- HD 1080
- Runtime: 125m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: is
- Country: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden
- Director: Hrafn Gunnlaugsson
- Stars: Gottskálk Dagur Sigurðarson, Maria Bonnevie, Egill Ólafsson, Tomas Norström, Þorsteinn Hannesson
- keywords: vikings (norsemen), 10th century
- Production_studio: Filmeffekt AS, DR, YLE, RÚV, NRK, SVT
- The The White Viking is featured in the top rankings of 1991
- #17 in Top Adventure Movies of 1991
Norway in the 10th century. Askur, son of the powerful Thorgeir marries Embla, daughter of one of the few remaining landowners in Norway, in a pagan ceremony. King Olav, a ruthless christian, wants to eredicate all traces of non-christian beliefs and captures the two of them during the ceremony. In order to free Embla, Askur must go to Iceland and convert the people there to catholicism.
