Editing Guthrum (section)

==In popular culture==
Guthrum appears or is mentioned in several works of fiction, including:

*[[G. K. Chesterton]]'s poem ''[[The Ballad of the White Horse]]''.
*[[C. Walter Hodges]]' juvenile historical novels ''The Namesake'' and ''The Marsh King''.
*The first three volumes of ''[[The Saxon Stories]]'', a series of historical novels by [[Bernard Cornwell]]: ''[[The Last Kingdom]]'', ''[[The Pale Horseman]]'', and ''[[The Lords of the North]]''.{{sfn|Lochun|2020}}

On screen, he has been portrayed by [[Brian Blessed]]{{sfn|BBC|2021}} in episode 4 ("King Alfred") of ''[[Churchill's People]]''; by [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]] in the 1969 film ''[[Alfred the Great (film)|Alfred the Great]]''; and by [[Thomas W. Gabrielsson]] in the BBC and Netflix original television series ''[[The Last Kingdom (TV series)|The Last Kingdom]]''.

Guthrum appears in a number of video games that are set during the Viking Age. He is the leader of the ''East Engle'' faction in the 2018 strategy video game ''[[Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia]]''. He is an ally of the Norse ''drengr'' Eivor in the 2020 video game ''[[Assassin's Creed: Valhalla]],'' as well as a playable character in the game's Discovery Tour mode. He also appears in the 2012 grand strategy game ''[[Crusader Kings II]]'' as an unlanded, unplayable character (named ''Guttorm'') in the [[867]] start date at the court of Þorfinn, the ruler of [[Värmland|Vermaland]] in modern-day Sweden.

It is implied that the ''[[Vikings (2013 TV series)|Vikings]]'' character [[Hvitserk]] would be the same as the historical Guthrum (despite a previous character having this name) after he is baptized as Athelstan and made a “Saxon prince” by King Alfred.