Haakon V of Norway

Haakon V of Norway was a king of Norway who strengthened royal administration in the early fourteenth century. He shifted political attention toward Oslo, built fortifications including Akershus and worked to protect Norwegian interests amid Scandinavian dynastic competition.

Haakon V of Norway also held the offices or ranks of Monarch of Norway. Haakon V of Norway belonged to the House of Sverre; Fairhair dynasty. Haakon V of Norway was born in Tønsberg.

In Sigrid Undset’s In the Wilderness, He returns to Norway without resolving the hidden murder that excludes him from confession and communion, while his children Eirik and Cecilia begin to form adult lives under the weight of his silence.