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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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