Magnus VI of Norway

King of Norway

1 May 1238 Tønsberg, Norway

9 May 1280 (aged 42) Bergen, Norway

NamesMagnús Hákonarson

King of Norway Magnus the Law-menderContemporary bust of Magnus VI from the Stavanger Cathedral, dated c. 1270s–80s.King of NorwayReign16 December 1263 – 9 May 1280Coronation14 September 1261, BergenPredecessorHaakon IVSuccessorEric IIBorn1 May 1238 Tønsberg, NorwayDied9 May 1280 (aged 42) Bergen, NorwayBurialBergen CathedralConsortIngeborg of DenmarkIssueEric II of Norway Haakon V of NorwayHouseSverreFatherHaakon IV of NorwayMotherMargrete SkulesdatterReligionRoman Catholic Magnus Haakonsson (Old Norse: Magnús Hákonarson, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Håkonsson; 1 (or 3) May 1238 – 9 May 1280) was King of Norway (as Magnus VI) from 1263 to 1280 (junior king from 1257). One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code, after which he is known as Magnus the Law-mender (Old Norse: Magnús lagabœtir, Modern Norwegian: Magnus Lagabøte). He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, although originally counting himself as "IV".