Erik Hakonsson, also known as Eric of Hlathir or Eric of Norway, was Earl of Lade, Governor of Norway and Earl of Northumbria. He was the son of Earl Hákon Sigurðarson and brother of the legendary Aud

Haakon Ericsson was born in 998, the son of Eirik Håkonson and Gytha, a daughter of Swein Forkbeard, king of Denmark and briefly of England. Haakon came from a dynasty of Norwegian rulers in the easte