Lagertha

Lagertha was the wife of Ragnar. She is the Mother to Björn and Gyda. Lagertha is a fierce shield-maiden. She will defend her family till death and is considered to fight like a true Valkyrie.

Background
Lagertha was raised and trained to be a strong shield-maiden by her Father. When Ragnar was 15 he ventured to Lagertha's home to confess his love for her, he was set upon by a bear and Lagertha's guard dog. Ragnar killed both thus gaining Lagertha's hand in marriage.

Season 1
Lagertha is fishing for eels with her youngest child, her daughter Gyda. After catching some Lagertha heads back to their home with Gyda. She speaks with Ragnar about Björn going to Kattegat with Ragnar the next day, she debates that he is too young, Ragnar says he is already 12 and she agrees to let him go with his father. At night Lagertha tells Ragnar not too sleep with too many women in Kattegat to which he says he dreamed of her feeding him blood pudding, which he said means her heart belongs to him. When Ragnar departs with Björn, Lagertha is helping Gyda sow, Brondsted and his friend walk into their home and demand that Lagertha satisfies their 'needs' Lagertha tells Gyda to go and feed the goats. Lagertha picks up a hot fire iron and begins to show off her prowess as a fierce shield-maiden. She stabs Brondsted in the neck with a hook and burns the other thugs face before tossing them out of her home. She runs to find Gyda who is sitting in the pen with the Goats, she hugs Gyda.

Ragnar returns home with Björn, Ragnar tells her how much he has missed her. Later that night, Rollo tells Gyda after asking if Lagertha is training her, that Lagertha is a strong shield-maiden. Rollo says she fought like a Valkyrie in the same shield wall as Rollo. As Ragnar leaves the home, Rollo confesses his feelings to Lagertha saying that he thinks of her every day. Lagertha tells him that that is "Too bad." Rollo feeling insulted grabs her wrist demanding never to be insulted, Lagertha calls Rollo a great warrior who is not so great a man.