Haakon II of Norway

Infobox Monarch | name=Håkon II (Sigurdsson) Herdebrei
title= King of Norway


reign= 1157 – June 15 1162
date1= 1157
date2= 1162
coronation=
queen=
Royal house= Fairhair
father= Sigurd Munn
mother= Thora
issue=
date of birth= 1147
place of birth=
date of death= death date|1162|7|7|mf=y
place of death= Romsdalen
place of burial=

Haakon II Sigurdsson (Herdebrei - Eng. "broad-shouldered"), king of Norway from 1157 until 1162. An illegitimate son of Sigurd Munn, he succeeded his uncle Øystein II, and was killed by Erling Skakke at Sekken in Romsdalen on July 7 1162.

The Civil war era in Norway was period of Norwegian history lasting from 1130 to 1217. During this period there were several interlocked conflicts of varying scale and intensity. The background for these conflicts were the unclear Norwegian succession laws, social conditions and the struggle between Church and King. There were then two main parties, firstly known by varying names or no names at all, but finally condensed into parties of Bagler and Birkebeiner. The rallying point regularly was a royal son, who was set up as the head figure of the party in question, to oppose the rule of king from the contesting party.

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