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European serfdom was part of feudalism, which did not exist in the pagan lands of the Vikings until the coming of Christianity, at with time the Viking age was pretty much over. So, if there were serfs, they were not Vikings. The Vikings owned slaves, but the slaves were not Vikings, and they were also not serfs.
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