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Events in the year 1204 in Norway.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Haakon III Sverresson then Guttorm Sigurdsson then Inge II Bårdsson.

Events

• After the detah of King Haakon III, his stepmother Queen Margaret was suspected of poisoning the king. One of her men had to undergo a trial by ordeal on her behalf to prove her innocence, but the man was badly burned. The servant was drowned and Margareta fled to Sweden.

Arts and literature

Births

• Haakon IV of Norway, king (died 1263).

Deaths

• 1 January – Haakon III of Norway, king (assumed born 1170s).
• 11 August – Guttorm of Norway, king (child ruler) (born c. 1200).

References

1. Tvedt, Knut Are; Scott, Ida. "monarker i Norge". In Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
2. Helle, Knut. "Håkon 4 Håkonsson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
3. Bjørgo, Narve. "Håkon 3 Sverresson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
4. Helle, Knut. "Guttorm Sigurdsson". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

• Years of the 13th century in Norway
• 1204 in Europe