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Also Known As Håkon Magnusson den Yngre • Haakon Magnusson the Younger
Born 1339 • Norway
Died 1380 (aged 41) • Norway
Title / Office king (1355-1380), Norway
Haakon IV Haakonsson
king of Norway
Harald III Sigurdsson
king of Norway
Olaf III Haraldsson
king of Norway
Haakon V Magnusson
king of Norway
Canute
Canute (I)
king of England, Denmark, and Norway
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Norwegian author
Jørgen Engebretsen Moe
Norwegian author
Jens Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg
prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson.
Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson
Norwegian author
Gro Harlem Brundtland
Gro Harlem Brundtland
prime minister of Norway
Trygve Lie
Trygve Lie
Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations
Olaf II Haraldsson
king of Norway
Sverrir Sigurdsson
king of Norway
Olaf Tryggvason
king of Norway
Inge I Haraldsson
king of Norway
Erik the Red
Erik the Red
Norwegian explorer
Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
Norwegian politician
Magnus I Olafsson
king of Norway and Denmark
Herman, Count Wedel-Jarlsberg
Norwegian statesman
Harald I
Harald I
king of Norway

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