{"slug": "haakon-vi", "label": "Haakon VI", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haakon_VI", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q313015", "qid": "Q313015", "description": "King of Norway and Sweden", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1340, 1364], "span_label": ["1340 CE", "1364 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Haakon VI of Norway"], "related": [{"slug": "magnus-eriksson", "label": "Magnus Eriksson", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "margaret-i-of-denmark", "label": "Margaret I of Denmark", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "albert-king-of-sweden", "label": "Albert, King of Sweden", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "august", "label": "August", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1340, "year_label": "1340 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August", "text": "August – Haakon VI, king of Norway 1355–1380 and of Sweden 1362–1364 (d. 1380)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1319621241#Births", "title": "1340", "revid": 1319621241, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1343, "year_label": "1343 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "August 15", "text": "August 15 – Magnus IV of Sweden abdicates from the throne of Norway, in favor of his son Haakon VI of Norway. However, Haakon is still a minor, allowing Magnus to remain de facto ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1303137540#January–December", "title": "1343", "revid": 1303137540, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1353, "year_label": "1353 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "March", "text": "March – Margaret I of Denmark, queen of Haakon VI of Norway (d. 1412)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1294629981#Births", "title": "1353", "revid": 1294629981, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1358, "year_label": "1358 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "March 16", "text": "March 16 – King Haakon VI of Norway designates the city of Skien as a city with trading privileges, making it the sixth town with city status in Norway.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309312891#January–December", "title": "1358", "revid": 1309312891, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1362, "year_label": "1362 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – King Haakon VI of Norway, son of King Magnus Eriksson of Sweden, proclaims himself king of Sweden in opposition to his father. However, later in the year, father and son are reconciled and rule Sweden together.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360556919#January–December", "title": "1362", "revid": 1360556919, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1363, "year_label": "1363 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April 9", "text": "April 9 – Haakon VI of Norway marries Margaret I of Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1292555096#January–December", "title": "1363", "revid": 1292555096, "section": "Events › January–December"}}, {"year": 1364, "year_label": "1364 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "February 15", "text": "February 15 – Joint kings Magnus Eriksson and Haakon Magnusson of Sweden are both deposed by noblemen, who instead elect Magnus's nephew Albrekt of Mecklenburg the new king of Sweden.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1339849340#January–December", "title": "1364", "revid": 1339849340, "section": "Events › January–December"}}]}