Why Ragnar Went To Valhalla Despite Being Baptized

The Viking series: 

During the siege of Paris in Vikings season 3, Ragnar climbed a tower and was pushed over the edge, suffering a bad fall that left him severely injured. Ragnar took advantage of his condition to fake his death and infiltrate Paris, so he secretly met with the Franks, who offered him gold and silver. Ragnar didn’t accept, instead asking to be baptized and buried inside the city. Ragnar’s Christening took his people by surprise, but it was a key part of the plan: when he died, his coffin was taken inside the Cathedral to be blessed, where Ragnar jumped out of the coffin and he and his people entered the city.

Being baptized would have meant Ragnar had given up his Norse beliefs and thus wouldn’t have been allowed in Valhalla, but Lagertha’s death in Vikings season 6 confirmed he went to Valhalla.

Ragnar died when he was thrown into a pit of snakes, which some argue wasn’t enough to grant him entrance to Valhalla as he didn’t die in battle, but as Ragnar didn’t scream while he died, he was welcomed into Valhalla.

When Lagertha died, she was shown entering Valhalla, escorted by the Valkyries, and lying next to Ragnar, confirming that he went to Valhalla despite being baptized and not dying in battle.