In the following dróttkvætt stanza, the Norwegian skald Eyvind Finnson skáldaspillir ( d. ca 990 ) compares the greed of king Harald Gråfell to the generosity of his predecessor Haakon the Good:

Saga of Hákon the Good credits King Haakon I of Norway with the Christianization of Norway, as well as rescheduling the date of Yule to coincide with Christian celebrations held at the time.

* Haakon the Good, son of Harald Fairhair, once again reunites the Norwegian lands.

Harald Fairhair ( 865 – 933 ) was hailed as the king here, as was his son, Haakon I – called ' the Good '.

The first Norwegian king to have adopted Christianity was, according to the sagas, Harald Fairhair's son, King Haakon the Good ( c. 934 – 961 ).

Two of his sons, Eric Bloodaxe and Haakon the Good, followed Harald to become kings of Norway after his death.

Strikingly, Eric's historical obscurity stands in sharp contrast to the wealth of legendary depictions in the kings ' sagas, where he takes part in the sagas of his father Harald Fairhair and his younger brother Haakon the Good.

Haakon I ( Old Norse: Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri, Norwegian: Håkon Adalsteinsfostre ), ( c. 920 – 961 ), given the byname the Good, was the third king of Norway and the youngest son of Harald I of Norway and Thora Mosterstang.

* Haakon ’ s Park ( Håkonarparken ) in Fitjar is the location of a sculpture of Haakon the Good sculpted by Anne Grimdalen.

* The Saga of Haakon the Good

Greyhide and his brothers had seized the throne from Haakon the Good.

King Haakon I of Norway ( Haakon the Good ) maintained his residence at Fitjar.

Opposite Fitjar Church is Haakon ’ s Park ( Håkonarparken ), the location of a sculpture of Haakon the Good sculpted by Anne Grimdalen.

Håkonshaugen ( from Old Norse haugr meaning mound ) at Seim is the burial mound of King Haakon the Good, third king of Norway.

It centers on events in the life of King Haakon the Good and the king's only daughter, Thora.

The Battle of Fitjar at Stord was the last battle in a war between the sons of Eric Bloodaxe and their uncle King Haakon the Good for power over Norway. It also formed part of a contest between Norway and Denmark for control the area of Oslofjord.

Hákonarmál is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of king Haakon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla.

* King Haakon I of Norway, Haakon the Good

The Christianization of Norway was begun by Haakon the Good ( d. 981 ), and carried on by Olaf Trygvesson ( d. 1000 ) and Saint Olaf Haraldsson ( d. 1030 ), two Vikings who had converted and been baptized at Andover in England and at Rouen in Normandy respectively.

Sometimes, the subjects of a lord who converted to Christianity refused to follow his lead ( this happened to the Swedish kings Olof of Sweden, Anund Gårdske and Ingold I ) and would sometimes force the lord to rescind his conversion ( e. g. Haakon the Good ).

After the national independence in 1905, publisher Aschehoug ( owned by William Martin Nygaard ) hired librarian Haakon Nyhuus to edit Illustreret norsk konversationsleksikon ( 6 volumes, 1907 – 1913 ), in later editions known as Aschehougs konversasjonsleksikon.

The poem is about the fall of King Haakon I of Norway ; although he is Christian, he is taken by two valkyries to Valhalla, and is there received as one of the Einherjar.

In 1263 troops commanded by Haakon Haakonarson repeated the feat but the ensuing Battle of Largs between Scots and Norse forces, which took place on the shores of the Firth of Clyde, was inconclusive as a military contest.

Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas.

This, combined with pressure from the Norwegian king Haakon IV for the Icelanders to re-join the Norwegian " family ", led the Icelandic chieftains to accept Haakon IV as king by the signing of the Gamli sáttmáli (" Old Covenant ") in 1262.

This strategy eventually led to an invasion by Haakon Haakonsson, King of Norway.

After the stalemate of the Battle of Largs, Haakon retreated to Orkney, where he died in December 1263, entertained on his death bed by recitations of the sagas.

Haakon died overwintering in Orkney, and by 1266, his son Magnus the Law-mender ceded the Kingdom of Man and the Isles, with all territories on mainland Scotland to Alexander III, through the Treaty of Perth.

Documents found on Wallace, and delivered to Edward by John de Segrave, included letters of safe conduct from Haakon V of Norway, Philip IV of France, and John Balliol, with other documents.

* February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg new king of Sweden.

Some years later a woman appeared claiming to be her, known as the False Margaret ; she was executed by Haakon V, King Eric's brother and successor, in 1301.

Four hundred years later, the Heimskringla relates that Harald was converted with Earl Haakon, by Otto II.

* Snorri Sturluson, Icelandic saga writer, is murdered by Gissur Þorvaldsson, an emissary of King Haakon IV of Norway.

* Gissur Thorvaldsson is made Earl of Iceland by King Haakon IV of Norway.

The German Emperor Wilhelm II, Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, Grand Duke Ernest Louis of Hesse, Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Duke Ernst August of Brunswick were Edward's nephews ; Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain, Crown Princess Margaret of Sweden, Crown Princess Marie of Romania, Crown Princess Sophia of Greece, Empress Alexandra of Russia, Grand Duchess Alexandra of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, and Duchess Charlotte of Saxe-Meiningen were his nieces ; Haakon VII of Norway was both his nephew by marriage and his son-in-law ; George I of Greece and Frederick VIII of Denmark were his brothers-in-law ; Albert I of Belgium, Charles I and Manuel II of Portugal, and Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria were his second cousins.

The rule of King Haakon and his successors until 1319 has sometimes been called the golden age of the Norwegian medieval kingdom, by later historians.

* Norway has an embassy in Belgrade, led by ambassador Haakon Blankenborg.

This was Gissur Þorvaldsson, who was made Earl of Iceland by King Haakon IV of Norway for his efforts in bringing Iceland under Norwegian kingship during the Age of the Sturlungs.

When Carl accepted the offer that same evening ( after the approval of his grandfather Christian IX of Denmark ), he immediately endeared himself to his adopted country by taking the Old Norse name of Haakon, a name used by previous Kings of Norway.

Haakon went on to say that he could not appoint any government headed by Quisling because he knew neither the people nor the Storting had confidence in him.

Inspired by Haakon's stand, the Government unanimously advised Haakon not to appoint any government headed by Quisling.