Haco V., surnamed the OLD, king of Norway from 1223 to 1263. During his reign Greenland and Iceland were added to the Norwegian crown. Haco died in the Orkneys on his way home from Scotland, where he had fought the battle of Largs (q.v.) against Alexander III. See NORWAY.
Haco V.
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 495
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