Sigurd Håkonsson

Sigurd Håkonsson with King Haakon the Good (drawing by Christian Krohg from the 1890s)

The Ladejarl Sigurd Håkonsson or Sigurd Ladejarl, anord. Sigurðr Hákonarson or Sigurðr Hlaðajarl, (* 895; † 962) was Jarl in the Trøndelag (Norway) and the son of Håkon Grjotgardsson.

Sigurd was killed by Harald Graufell, the son of Erik Blutaxxt, when Harald tried to unite all Norway under his rule. Sigurd's son Håkon Sigurdsson later avenged the death of his father.

Sigurd had a slave named Kormákr Ögmundarson. Fragments of its ballad over the Jarl, the Sigurðardrápa, are preserved in Skáldskaparmál and Heimskringla. Weblinks Edit sourcetext

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