Magnus VI of Norway
King of Norway (1238–1280)
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Rewrote Norway's entire legal system while on the throne from 1263 to 1280. Magnus VI earned his "Lawmender" nickname by modernizing and centralizing the kingdom's laws, making him the administrative overhaul king of medieval Scandinavia.
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Magnus the Lawmender, also known as Magnus Haakonsson, was King of Norway from 1263 to 1280. One of his greatest achievements was the modernisation and nationalisation of the Norwegian law-code. He was the first Norwegian monarch known to have used an ordinal number, counting himself as Magnus IV. In modern sources, he is also known as Magnus VI.
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