Håkon Håkonsønn Rimøks

Håkon Håkonsønn Rimøks was the Jarl of Nordaland, and the Storbonde of Læurnes. He is most known for winning The Second War of Krøyland against Fjordheim, and thus making Nordaland a larger power, as well as bigger geographicly.

He is known as "Rimøks" due to the large battleaxe he carried in war. This gave name to the familiy of Rimøks who have ruled Nordaland since. According to legend, he could cut down fullsized trees in one chop with this axe.



Early Age
Håkon Håkonsønn was brought up somewhere in Krøyland. He became the Storbonde of Læurnes, and married the daugther of the Jarl of Nordaland. Together they had a son early.

The Second War of Krøyland
In 703 the Jarl of Nordaland died without an hair. He did, however, on his deathbed, proclaim that he wanted Håkon Rimøks to take the throne after him. This was because Håkon was his son in law, and because Håkon already had a son that descended from the Jarls of Nordaland.

Håkon accepted, but proclaimed that he was going to keep Læurnes under his rule. The other Storbonde s of Krøyland were unhappy about the rule of Fjordheim (partly due to hard ruling and hight taxes, and partly due to The First War of Krøyland), and when Håkon Rimøks proclaimed that they would have lower taxes if they came under his rule as the Jarl of Nordaland, they agreed.

Fjordheim, however, was not happy about losing Krøyland, and declared war (The Second War of Krøyland). The majority of the fighting took place in Sivjefjord, and between forces of Krøyland and Fjordheim. During the war, Håkon Rimøks got reinforcements from his new subjects of northern Nordaland, which let him win The Battle of Yrifanger. During the battle heis said to have been leading the boarding of the enemy's flag-ship, and killed the enemy jarl himself. As a result of this, Håkon won the war.

Nordaland became a much stronger Jarldom after this, and Håkon is therefore one of the most liked Jarls during the history og Nordaland.