Haakon II the Broadshouldered Sigurdsson King of Norway [10915] ²⁴

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Haakon II Sigurdsson, King of Norway also went by the nick-name of Haakon 'Broad Shoulders'.² He succeeded to the title of King Haakon II of Norway in 1161.¹

1. Jirí Louda and Michael MacLagan, Lines of Succession: Heraldry of the Royal Families of Europe, 2nd edition (London, U.K.: Little, Brown and Company, 1999), table 24. Hereinafter cited as Lines of Succession.

2. John Morby, Dynasties of the World: a chronological and genealogical handbook (Oxford, Oxfordshire, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1989), page 147. Hereinafter cited as Dynasties of the World.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded, 1157.