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Translation for 'kon' from English to Norwegian

Håkon
Håkon {m}navn
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Usage Examples English
  • It was the scene of the murder of Håkon Sigurdsson (also known as "Hákon Sigurðsson" or Hákon Earl) by his slave Tormod Kark "(Þormóðr Karkr)", as described in the "Saga of king Olav Tryggvason" in Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla.
  • It is thought to be the hiding place of Håkon Sigurdsson (also known as Hákon Sigurðsson, Hákon Earl) and Tormod Kark (or Þormóðr Karkr, the slave of the Jarl) on their last night before the infamous murder at Rimul.
  • It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon, Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse "Hákon".
  • Håkon and Kristin are the mascots of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Håkon is named after Haakon IV of Norway and Kristin after Christina of Norway.
  • 920–961), also Haakon the Good (Old Norse: "Hákon góði", Norwegian: "Håkon den gode") and Haakon Adalsteinfostre (Old Norse: "Hákon Aðalsteinsfóstri", Norwegian: "Håkon Adalsteinsfostre"), was the king of Norway from 934 to 961.

  • Håkon had his residence at Ørlandet at the mouth of the Trondheimsfjord.
  • Like the Norwegian jarl Hákon Eiríksson, this Swedish Hakon Jarl has been identified with the Varangian chieftain Yakun who is mentioned in the "Primary Chronicle".
  • Their Norwegian neighbors on the mainland suspect the Christians of stealing sheep and complain to Jarl Hákon. Hákon arrives on Selja with a group of armed men, intending to kill the inhabitants. When the Christians realize what is happening they hide in caves on the island and pray to God to collapse the caves to spare them from being ravaged by Hákon and his men. The caves collapse and kill all the Irishmen.
  • In 1933 Böök married Aina Hakon-Pettersson (1911-1997), daughter of engineer Erik Hakon-Pettersson and Julia (née Ekelund). He was the father Annika (married Eriksson), Ole, Kim, Susanne (married Francke) and Peter.
  • "Hákonarmál" (Old Norse: 'The Song of Hákon') [...] is a skaldic poem which the skald Eyvindr skáldaspillir composed about the fall of the Norwegian king Hákon the Good at the battle of Fitjar and his reception in Valhalla. This poem emulates "Eiríksmál" and is intended to depict the Christian Hákon as a friend to the pagan gods. The poem is preserved in its entirety and is widely considered to be of great beauty.

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