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

The Earls of Lade were a dynasty of Norse jarls who ruled what is now Trøndelag and Hålogaland from the 9th century to the 11th century. Lade is sometimes called Hlathðr or Hlathir by historians.