Haakon, also spelled Håkon (in Norway), Hakon (in Denmark), Håkan (in Sweden), or Háukon or Hákon, is an older spelling of the modern Norwegian form of the Old Norwegian masculine first name Hákon meaning "High Son" from há (high, chosen) and konr (son, descendant, kin). An old English form is Hacon as in Haconby, Hacon's Village. The name appears in Scottish Gaelic as Àcainn, as seen in the place-name Kyleakin, meaning 'Haakon's Narrows', being named after King Haakon IV of Norway.
Haakon or Håkon was the name of several Norwegian rulers.
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Rulers
Haakon the Good, King of Norway (c. 920–961)
Haakon Sigurdsson (c. 937–995), also known as Earl Haakon, effective ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995
Haakon Ericsson (died c. 1029–1030), grandson of Haakon Sigurdsson, ruler of the Kingdom of the Isles from 1016 until his death, and vassal ruler of Norway under Cnut the Great from 1028
Håkan the Red, an obscure King of Sweden who ruled sometime in the 11th century.
Haakon Ivarsson, (c. 1027–1080), earl of Västergötland under King Stenkil of Sweden and later earl of Halland under King Sweyn II of Denmark
Haakon Magnusson of Norway (1068–1095), partially recognised as king from 1093 to 1095
Haakon II of Norway (1147–1162), known as Haakon Herdebrei
Haakon III of Norway (1182–1204), known as Haakon Sverreson
Haakon IV of Norway (1204–1263), known as Haakon the Old
Óspakr (died 1230), who took the regnal name Hákon when briefly appointed King of the Isles by Haakon IV in 1230
Haakon V of Norway (1270–1319), known as Haakon V Magnusson
Haakon VI of Norway (1340–1380), known as Haakon VI Magnusson, also King of Sweden
Haakon VII of Norway (1872–1957), born Prince Carl of Denmark
Haakon VIII of Norway (born 1973)
Others
Haakon Arnold (1897–1968), Norwegian actor
Håkon Bleken (1929–2025), Norwegian painter
Haakon Chevalier (1901–1985), American translator and friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Håkon Five (1880–1944), Norwegian politician
Håkon Gebhardt (born 1969), Norwegian musician and record producer
Håkon Haugli (born 1969), Norwegian jurist, administrator and politician for the Labour Party
Haakon Hjelde (1902–1933), Norwegian actor
Haakon Lie (1905–2009), Norwegian politician and centenarian
Håkon Lundenes (born 1954), Norwegian ice hockey player
Håkon Opdal (born 1982), Norwegian footballer
Håkon Skogseid (born 1988), Norwegian footballer
Haakon Stein (1940–2025), German fencer
Håkon Tysdal (1947–2019), Norwegian writer
Håkon Wium Lie (born 1965), Norwegian web pioneer and inventor of CSS
Fictional characters
Haakon Haakonsen, protagonist of the 1990 film "Shipwrecked", which was based on Norwegian author Oluf Falck-Ytter's book Haakon Haakonsen: En Norsk Robinson (Haakon Haakonsen: A Norwegian Robinson).
Håkon, one of the two mascots of the 1994 Winter Olympics
Hakon One-Eye, one of the Ancient Nord Heroes who fights and vanquishes Alduin the World-Eater (a dragon god) in the 2011 video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Hakkon Wintersbreath is one of the gods of the Avvar culture in the Dragon Age universe. A faction who is dedicated to his worship is an enemy faction encountered during the Jaws of Hakkon DLC for Dragon Age: Inquisition.