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Haakon VI of Norway

1340–1380 · 14th century

Haakon VI was king of Norway from 1343 to 1380 and also king of Sweden from 1362 to 1364. He married Margaret, daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark, in 1363, and their son Olaf inherited both Denmark and Norway. After the deaths of Haakon and Olaf, Margaret united the three Nordic crowns in the Kalmar Union.

Haakon VI of Norway
Image: Drawing by Hakon Thorsen (d. before 1924) · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Kalmar Union

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