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There, the three Scandinavian monarchs King Haakon, King Christian X of Denmark (Haakon's brother) and King Gustav V of Sweden (Haakon's mother's cousin) met along with their foreign ministers to discuss and emphasize the neutrality of the Nordic countries, and in a joint declaration, confirmed the three states' strict neutrality during the war.
Haakon Haraldsson (c. 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: Hákon góði, Norwegian: Håkon den gode) and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri, Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre), was the king of Norway from 934 to 961. He was noted for his attempts to introduce Christianity into Norway. [1] [2] [3]
The Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars was a long series of battles between the Fairhair dynasty and the Earls of Lade.The conflict started when Harald Greycloak was lured into Denmark by Haakon Sigurdsson, where he was killed in battle at Limfjord in Denmark ca. 970. [1]
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Haakon the Young 1232–1240–1257: Margrete Skulesdatter 1208–1270: Haakon V 1270–1299–1319: Eric II 1268–1280–1299: BJÄLBO: Duke Erik Magnusson 1282–1318: Ingeborg of Norway 1301–1361: MECKLENBURG: ESTRIDSEN: Albert II, Duke of Mecklenburg 1318–1378: Euphemia of Sweden 1317–1370: Valdemar IV of Denmark 1320–1375: Magnus ...
A new period of conflict started on September 1302, when King Haakon V of Norway met King Birger and the Dukes Eric and Valdemar in Solberga by the Göta älv at the Swedish-Norwegian border, and an agreement was reached. [8] Haakon's one-year old daughter Ingeborg was betrothed with Duke Eric, then 20 years old. Haakon had earlier changed the ...
While the Church in Norway initially had refused to recognise Haakon as King of Norway, it had largely turned to support his claim to the throne by the 1223 meeting, although later disagreements occurred. [24] Despite being the undisputed ruler of Norway after 1240, Haakon was still not approved as king by the pope due to his illegitimate birth.
Burial site of Håkon V in Oslo A sculpture believed to be of King Haakon V Magnusson as Duke of Oslo, Oppland, Ryfylke, the Faroe Islands, and Shetland. [3] Haakon was the younger surviving son of Magnus the Lawmender, King of Norway, and his wife Ingeborg of Denmark. Through his mother, he was a descendant of Eric IV, king of Denmark