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Hákon Sigurðsson
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de facto ruler of Norway from c. 975–995
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Håkon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Trøndelag
- Place of death
- Melhus Municipality
- Father
- Sigurðr Hákonarson
- Occupation
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Old Norse
- Family
- Earls of Lade
- Noble title
- jarl
- Conflict
- Battle of Hjörungavágr
- Image
- Håkon jarl.jpg
- Work location
- Norway
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- Commons category
- Haakon Sigurdsson
- date of death
- 0994-00-00
- name in native language
- Hákon Sigurðsson
- date of birth
- 0930-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Haakon Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Hákon Sigurðarson [ˈhɑːˌkon ˈsiɣˌurðɑz̠ˌson], Norwegian: Håkon Sigurdsson; c. 937–995), known as Haakon Jarl (Old Norse: Hákon jarl), was the de facto ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995. Sometimes he is styled as Haakon the Powerful (Old Norse: Hákon jarl hinn ríki), though the Ágrip and Historia Norwegiæ give the less flattering name Hákon Illi, that is, Haakon the Bad. He is also known as Hàkon Sigurðarson, Earl of Hlaðir.
Background
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Hákon Sigurðsson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.