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Håkon is first mentioned as one of the leaders of his father's armies in a battle against the Bagler in Oslo in 1197.
Subsequently he is mentioned several times as taking part in his father's wars against the Bagler.
On his deathbed his father, who died on 9 March 1202, declared that he had no other son alive than Håkon.
He also wrote a letter to Håkon advising him to settle the longstanding dispute with the church.
When the news of Sverre's death reached Håkon and the Birkebeiner assembled in Nidaros, Håkon was first taken as chieftain by the Birkebeiner.
The same spring he was taken as king at the thing in Nidaros.
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