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4 unusual facts about Haakon Sigurdsson


Haakon Sigurdsson

The first play was a poetic tableau that was made in connection with the 800-year anniversary of the Lade Church (Lade kirke) in 1989 and repeated two years later.

Haakon quickly lost all support, and was killed by his own slave and friend, Tormod Kark, while hiding in the pig sty in the farm Rimul in Melhus.

Jarlshola is the location in Melhus thought to have been the hiding place of Haakon Jarl and Tormod Kark on their last night before the infamous murder at Rimul.

Haakon Jarl is a central figure in HÃ¥kon og Kark which is performed annually at the Korsvikaspillet festival in Korsvika in Trondheim.



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