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 Skogseid (born 1988), 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-Eater (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)."
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