Haakon

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Haakon may refer to:

• Haakon (given name)
• Haakon County, South Dakota, United States
• Håkon, modern Norwegian spelling of the name
• Håkan, Swedish spelling of the name
• Hakon, Danish spelling of the name

Norwegian royalty

• Haakon I of Norway (c. 920–961), the Good
• Haakon Sigurdsson, Earl of Hlaðir (c. 937–995), king of Norway in all but name
• Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068–94)
• Haakon II of Norway (died 1162), Haakon Herdebrei
• Haakon III of Norway (1170s–1204), Haakon Sverreson
• Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), the Old
• Haakon V of Norway (1270–1319), Haakon V Magnusson
• Haakon VI of Norway (c. 1340–1380), as Håkan also King of Sweden
• Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957)
• Haakon, Crown Prince of Norway (born 1973), crown prince of Norway

Other people

• Håkan the Red (fl. late 11th century), Swedish ruler
• Haakon Paulsson (c.1105 – 1123), Earl of Orkney
• Haakon the Crazy (died 1214), Norwegian noble
• Haakon Chevalier (1901 – 1985), American author, translator, and professor of French literature
• Håkon Wium Lie, a web technologist (born in 1965)

Ships

• HNoMS King Haakon VII, a Royal Norwegian Navy escort ship in commission from 1942 to 1951
• HNoMS Haakon VII (A537), a Royal Norwegian Navy training ship in commission from 1958 to 1974

See also

• Haakonian Order, fictional extraterrestrial race in Star Trek