Back جيتورم النرويج ARZ قوتورم (نوروژ) AZB Гуторм Сигурдсон Bulgarian Guttorm Sigurdsson Catalan Guttorm Sigurdsson Czech Guttorm Sigurdsson German Γκούττορμ της Νορβηγίας Greek Guttorm I de Noruega Spanish گوتورم نروژ Persian Guttorm Sigurdsson Finnish
| Guttorm Sigurdsson | |
|---|---|
| King of Norway | |
| Reign | 2 January – 11 August 1204 |
| Predecessor | Haakon III |
| Successor | Inge II |
| Regent | Haakon the Crazy[1] |
| Born | 1199 |
| Died | 11 August 1204 (aged 4–5) |
| Burial | |
| House | House of Sverre |
| Father | Sigurd Lavard |
Guttorm Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Guttormr Sigurðarson; 1199 – 11 August 1204) was the king of Norway from January to August 1204, during the Norwegian civil war era. As a grandson of King Sverre, he was proclaimed king by the Birkebeiner faction when he was just four years old. Although obviously not in control of the events surrounding him, Guttorm's accession to the throne under the effective regency of Haakon the Crazy led to renewed conflict between the Birkebeiner and the Bagler factions, the latter supported militarily by Valdemar II of Denmark.
Guttorm's reign ended abruptly when the child king suddenly became ill and died. Rumours among the Birkebeiner held that Guttorm's illness and death had been caused by Haakon the Crazy's future wife Christina Nilsdatter, a claim considered dubious by modern historians. Low-intensity civil war followed Guttorm's death, until a settlement was reached in 1207, temporarily dividing the kingdom.[2]
- ^ Arstad, Knut Peter Lyche. "Håkon Galen". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
- ^ "Den norske kongerekken". kongehuset.no (in Norwegian). 23 February 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2023.