
Faxe is the biggest and strongest, but also the slowest, of Flake's Vikings who enjoys a close big-brother relationship with Vicky. While he is rather old and not as imaginative as Vicky, he is quite knowledgeable in sagas and legend lore, and he is respected as a fair judge and mediator. Urobe, the village druid and oldest Viking in Halvar's crew. Tjure and Snorre, two Vikings in Halvar's crew who constantly quarrel about something. A rather braggish warrior, who prefers to solve problems with brawns, but who has since learned to listen to and value Vicky's ideas. Halvar, Vicky's father and chief of Flake. He is physically frail, timid and has a special fear of wolves, but his brains eventually help him solve any problem with which he is confronted. Vicky, the series' title character, a boy of about 10 years of age. Certain results of his intellectual approach shown in the series and the film adaptation include building a makeshift catapult to beat his father in a stone-ferrying contest, fitting their longship with kites to make it glide through the air, and using a small sawfish to cut an escape hole through a wooden door. Unlike his village fellows - including most of the other boys of his age - Vicky is blessed with a sharp and imaginative mind which helps his fellow Vikings out of many tight situations, including rival Viking lord Sven the Terrible.
The series' main character is Vicky, son of Halvar, chief of the Viking village of Flake.