Haakon (given name)

Haakon ( Håkon also, Håkan, Hakon or Haco ) is the modern spelling of a Norwegian male given name, which has become known especially as a name of a line of kings of the Scandinavian country.

The original name meaning is " High Son" as a composition of syllables há (high) and konr ( son).

Eight Norwegian kings bore the name Haakon (list of Norwegian kings ).

  • King Haakon I ( Norway) ( † 961 ), Haakon the Good
  • King Haakon Magnusson (Norway )
  • King Haakon II (Norway ) Haakon Herdebrei
  • King Haakon III. ( Norway) ( † 1204), Haakon Sverreson
  • King Håkon IV ( Norway) ( 1204-1263 ), Håkon IV Håkonsson
  • King Håkon V. ( Norway) ( 1270-1319 ), Haakon V Magnusson
  • King Håkon VI. (Norway ) (c. 1341-1380 ), Haakon VI. Magnusson
  • King Haakon VII ( Norway) ( 1872-1957 ), Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel
  • Crown Prince Haakon of Norway ( b. 1973 )

De facto kings of Norway were once the Ladejarle:

  • Håkon Grjotgardsson
  • Håkon Jarl ( 935-995 )
  • Håkon Eiriksson (995-1029)
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