Sigurd Håkonsson

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Sigurd Håkonsson with King Haakon the Good (drawing by Christian Krohg from the 1890s)

The Ladejarl Sigurd Håkonsson or Sigurd Ladejarl , order . Sigurðr Hákonarson or Sigurðr Hlaðajarl , (* 895 ; † 962 ) was Jarl in Trøndelag ( Norway ) and the son of Hákon Grjótgarðsson .

Sigurd was killed by Harald Graufell , the son of Erik Blutaxt , when Harald tried to unite all of Norway under his rule. Sigurd's son Håkon Sigurdsson later avenged his father's death.

Sigurd had a skald named Kormákr Ögmundarson with him. Fragments of his ballad about the Jarl, the Sigurðardrápa , are preserved in the Skáldskaparmál and the Heimskringla .

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SURNAME Sigurd Håkonsson
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sigurd Ladejarl; Sigurðr Hákonarson; Sigurðr Hlaðajarl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Jarl im Trøndelag (Norway)
DATE OF BIRTH 895
DATE OF DEATH 962