Haakon IV
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Haakon IV Haakonsson, sometimes called Haakon the Old in contrast to his namesake son, was King of Norway from 1217 to 1263. His reign lasted for 46 years, longer than any Norwegian king since Harald
A drawing of Haakon's seal, from a 1247/48 letter (with reverse).
Stained glass depiction of Haakon IV of Norway from Lerwick Town Hall in Shetland
19th-century impression of the birkebeiner bringing the infant Haakon to safety by Knud Bergslien
Haakon and Skule Bårdsson, from the 14th century Icelandic Flateyjarbók.
Inge Bårdsson
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Inge II was King of Norway from 1204 to 1217. His reign was within the later stages of the period known in Norwegian history as the age of civil wars. Inge was the king of the birkebeiner faction. The
Haakon IV
…in a dangerous position. When the Baglers started hunting Haakon, a group of Birkebeiners fled with the child in the winter of 1205/06, heading for Inge Bårdsson, the new Birkebeiner king in Nidaros (now Trondheim). As the party was struck by a blizzard, two of the best Birkebeiner skiers, Torstein Skevla and…
Seal of King Inge II Bårdsson of Norway