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Cathedral).jpg Contemporary bust of Sverre from the Nidaros
Cathedral, dated c. 1200.[1] King of Norway Reign 1184 – 9 March
1202 Coronation 29 June 1194, Bergen Predecessor Magnus V
Successor Haakon III Spouse Margaret of Sweden Christina of
Norway Sigurd Lavard Haakon III of Norway House House of Sverre
(Fairhair dynasty) Father Unås or Sigurd II of Norway (claimed)
Mother Gunnhild Born c. 1145/1151 Died 9 March 1202(1202-03-09)
Bergen, Norway Burial Old Cathedral, Bergen (destroyed in 1531)
Religion Roman Catholicism  Sverre Sigurdsson (Old Norse:
Sverrir Sigurðarson) (c. 1145/1151 – 9 March 1202) was the King
of Norway from 1184 to 1202. He married Margareta Eriksdotter,
the daughter of the Swedish king Eric IX, by whom he had the
daughter Kristina Sverresdotter.  Many consider him one of the
most important rulers in Norwegian history. He assumed power as
the leader of the rebel