Famous People with Name Haakon

Haakon, Né Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar             Origin/Culture/Country: Danish

Haakon, Né Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar : was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden. He was a member of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. As one of the few elected monarchs, Haakon quickly won the respect and affection of his people and played a pivotal role in uniting the Norwegian nation in its resistance to the attack and five-year-long Nazi occupation during World War II. In Norway, Haakon is regarded as one of the greatest Norwegians of the twentieth century and is particularly revered for his courage during the German invasion—he threatened abdication if the government cooperated with the invading Germans—and for his leadership and preservation of Norwegian unity during the Nazi occupation. He died at the age of 85 on 21 September 1957, after having reigned for nearly 52 years.

Hagbart Haakonsen            Origin/Culture/Country: Norwegian

Hagbart Haakonsen: was a Norwegian cross country skier. Haakonsen finished fifth in 18 km cross country event at the 1928 Winter Olympics as well as at the 1929 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. He was the first true cross country skier to win the Holmenkollen medal.