Haakon
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Haakon is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name Hákon meaning "High Son" from há (high) and konr (son). An old English form is Hacon as in Haconby
, Hacon's Village.
Haakon was the name of seven kings of Norway (see Norwegian royalty).
Other uses of Haakon or Håkon:
Haconby
Haconby is a village and civil parish in the South Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It lies on the western edge of the Lincolnshire Fens, north from Bourne-Geography:...
, Hacon's Village.
Haakon was the name of seven kings of Norway (see Norwegian royalty).
- King Haakon I of NorwayHaakon I of NorwayHaakon I , , given the byname the Good, was the third king of Norway and the youngest son of Harald Fairhair and Thora Mosterstang.-Early life:...
, Haakon the Good - King Haakon Magnusson of NorwayHaakon Magnusson of NorwayHaakon Magnusson was king of Norway from 1093 until 1094. Haakon was only partially recognized within Norway and his reign was thus of limited significance. He has been generally not been counted in the numbered series of Norwegian kings...
- King Haakon II of NorwayHaakon II of NorwayHaakon II Sigurdsson , also known as Haakon Herdebrei, was King of Norway from 1157 until 1162 during the Civil war era in Norway.-Biography:His nickname, Herdebrei, means broad-shouldered...
, Haakon Herdebrei - King Haakon III of NorwayHaakon III of NorwayHåkon III was king of Norway from 1202 to 1204.-Biography:...
, Haakon Sverreson - King Haakon IV of NorwayHaakon IV of NorwayHaakon Haakonarson , also called Haakon the Old, was king of Norway from 1217 to 1263. Under his rule, medieval Norway reached its peak....
, Haakon the Old - King Haakon V of NorwayHaakon V of NorwayHaakon V Magnusson was king of Norway from 1299 until 1319.-Biography:Haakon was the younger surviving son of Magnus the Lawmender, King of Norway, and his wife Ingeborg of Denmark. Haakon was descended from king Saint Olav and is considered to have been the last Norwegian king in the Fairhair...
, Haakon V Magnusson - King Haakon VI of NorwayHaakon VI of NorwayHaakon VI of Norway was King of Norway from 1343 until his death and King of Sweden from 1362 until 1364, when he was deposed by Albert of Mecklenburg in Sweden.-Background:...
, Haakon VI Magnusson - King Haakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII of NorwayHaakon VII , known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg...
, Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel - Haakon, Crown Prince of NorwayHaakon, Crown Prince of NorwayHaakon, Crown Prince of Norway is the heir apparent to the throne of Norway. On birth he was named Prince Haakon Magnus but it was stressed in the announcement that he would go by the name Haakon. He became Crown Prince Haakon when his father ascended to the crown as Harald V in 1991...
, (If he succeeds as expected, he will be known as Haakon VIII)
Other uses of Haakon or Håkon:
- Håkon Wium LieHåkon Wium LieHåkon Wium Lie is a web pioneer, a standards activist, and, , the Chief Technology Officer of Opera Software.He is best known for proposing the concept of Cascading Style Sheets while working with Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau at CERN in 1994. As an employee at W3C, he developed CSS into a...
, one of the inventors of Cascading Style SheetsCascading Style SheetsCascading Style Sheets is a style sheet language used to describe the presentation semantics of a document written in a markup language... - Haakon LieHaakon LieHaakon Lie was a Norwegian politician who served as party secretary for the Norwegian Labour Party from 1945 to 1969. Coming from humble origins, he became involved in the labour movement at an early age, and quickly rose in the party system...
, Norwegian politician and centenarian - Haakon County, South DakotaHaakon County, South DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 2,196 people, 870 households, and 620 families residing in the county. The population density was 1 person per square mile . There were 1,002 housing units at an average density of 1 per square mile . The racial makeup of the county was 96.40% White,...
- Haakon, a Varangian mentioned in the inscription on the Piraeus LionPiraeus LionThe Piraeus Lion is one of four lion statues on display at the Venetian Arsenal, where it was displayed as a symbol of Venice's patron saint, Saint Mark. It was originally located in Piraeus, the ancient harbour of Athens...