Freyja and her afterlife field Fólkvangr, where she receives half of the slain, have been theorized as connected to the valkyries. ... These examples indicate that Freyja was a war-goddess, and she even appears as a valkyrie, literally 'the one who chooses the slain'."

Is Freya the Queen of the Valkyries?

Freya clearly did not enjoy this, due to her own distaste for the Aesir, especially after they unjustly imprisoned, tortured and nearly killed her brother Freyr. During that time, she became the Queen of the Valkyries.

Is Freya a Valkyrie in Norse mythology?

Freya or Freyja is the Norse goddess of love, beauty, fertility, magic, war and death. She also commands the Valkyries female warriors of the gods.