Håkon

Håkon is a modern Norwegian spelling of the Old Norse masculine given name Hákon.^[1]

Those with the name include:

Håkon I of Norway (c. 920–961), Norwegian king
Håkon II of Norway (1147–1162), Norwegian king
Håkon III of Norway (1182–1204), Norwegian king
Håkon IV of Norway (1204–1263), Norwegian king
Håkon V of Norway (1270–1319), Norwegian king
Håkon VI of Norway (1340–1380), Norwegian king
Håkon VII of Norway (1872–1957), Norwegian king
Håkon Bleken (born 1929), Norwegian painter
Håkon Gebhardt (born 1969), Norwegian musician and record producer
Håkon Haugli (born 1969), Norwegian jurist, administrator and politician for the Labour Party
Håkon Kjæve (born 1992), Norwegian footballer
Håkon Lundenes (born 1954), Norwegian ice hockey player
Håkon Opdal (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
Håkon Tysdal (born 1947), Norwegian writer
Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (born 1973), heir apparent to the Norwegian throne

Fictive

Håkon, one of the two mascots of the 1994 Winter Olympics
Along with Gormlaith Golden-Hilt and Felldir the Old, Hakon One-Eye was one of the Ancient Nord Heroes who fought and vanquished Alduin the World-Eeater (a dragon god) in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

References

^ Oxford Dictionary of First Names ed. Patrick Hanks, Kate Hardcastle, Flavia Hodges - 2006 "Hagen Danish form of Håkon. Håkon Norwegian: from the Old Norse personal name Hákon, from hā 'horse' or 'high' + konr 'son, descendant'; borne by Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), and by Crown Prince Haakon Magnus (b. 1973)."