Before he was Ragnar, the most iconic Minnesota Vikings fan of all time, he was a young man named Joe with a double-bladed ax. Joe’s dad ran a machinery company that marketed sharp blades to process ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Once again, no. The starting point of “Vikings” was a young farmer, who was happily married, with ...

For more than two decades, Ragnar the Viking got Minnesota football stirred into a frenzy with his motorcycle-riding, endzone-dancing antics. According to his website, he was the only NFL mascot who ...

Ragnar, the mascot who was given a Viking funeral after asking for $20,000 per game, wants to bring his battle axe back to the negotiating table. Joe Juranitch, the man who has played Ragnar at ...

Before Ragnar and before the sagas, there was Harald Fairhair - the first King of Norway. According to legend, he vowed not to cut his hair until he united the land under his rule. What began as a ...