Earls of Lade

• Hákon Grjótgarðsson (c. 860–870 – c. 900–920), an ally and father-in-law of Harald Fairhair • Sigurðr Hákonarson (died 962), friend and advisor of Hákon the Good • Hákon Sigurðarson (c. 937–995), ruler of Norway from about 975 to 995 • Eiríkr Hákonarson (960s – 1020s), governor of the majority of Norway under Svein Forkbeard, and Earl of Northumbria. • Sveinn Hákonarson (died c. 1016), governor of a part of Norway under Olaf the Swede • Hákon Eiríksson (died c. 1029–1030), governor of Norway under Canute the Great, last of the Earls of Lade ==References==

• Holmsen, Andreas (1976) Norges historie: fra de eldste tider til 1660 (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget) • Stylegar, Frans-Arne (2013) Håkon Jarl (Oslo: Spartacus forlag AS) • Titlestad, Torgrim (2011) Norge i vikingtid (Stavanger: Saga Bok AS) • Thuesen, Nils Petter (2011) Norges historie (Oslo: Forlaget Historie og Kultur) ==External links==