Magnus the Lawmender, also known as Magnus Haakonsson, was King of Norway from 1263 to 1280. One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code. He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, counting himself as Magnus IV.
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- Monarch of Norway
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Born
- May 1, 1238
- Died
- May 9, 1280
