Editing Haakon Magnusson

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| image               = Haakon Magnusson.jpg
| caption             = Haakon at age 61
| name                = Haakon Magnusson
| birthdate           = [[2991]]<ref name=20YUp85>''20 Year Update'', p. 85: "Haakon Magnusson" profile</ref>
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| othernames          = Silver Fox of Alshain<ref name=20YUp85/>
| affiliation         = [[House Magnusson]]
| rank                = [[Elected Prince of the Free Rasalhague Republic|Elected Prince]]<ref name=20YUp85/>
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| children            = [[Ragnar Magnusson]]
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'''Haakon Magnusson''' was originally a Rasalhagian freedom fighter, and became the first [[Elected Prince]] of the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]].

==History==
===Early Life===
Magnusson was born in [[2991]] in the city of Scandislum on [[Rasalhague]], capital of the [[Rasalhague Military District]] of the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name=20YUp85/>

As a young man, he opposed the repressive ways of the Combine towards his fellow people, who share Scandinavian blood. He first would join a nonviolent movement to fight for his people's rights.  After a time, of being violently repressed by the government he joined the militant resistance movement known as the [[Scandinavian People's Army]] or SPA.  However, he was captured on his first mission and spent several years in a Kuritan prison.
[[File:Haakon Magnusson Age 43.JPG|right|thumb|At age 43 in 3034]]

===Resistance and formation of the Republic===
When he was freed, he returned to SPA.  He later joined another another militant organization known as the [[Tyr Resistance Movement|Tyr]].  He excelled in the group, and became its leader, gaining the nickname "Silver Fox of Alshain."<ref name=20YUp85/>

After the [[Fourth Succession War]], he was approached by both Draconis Combine and [[ComStar]] representatives. They proposed to him their plans to create the [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] from the Rasalhague Military District.  At first he feared this could be one of so many traps he faced in the past, but they won him over.  In [[3034]] he declared himself Prince of the newly formed Republic.  He then used his street savvy, other political skills gained his climbing various political movements to bring his nation together.<ref name=20YUp85/>

==Behind the Scenes==
In [[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries#Rise of Rasalhague|''MechWarrior 5: Rise of Rasalhague'']], Haakon Magnusson was voiced by [[Nicolas Greco]].<ref name=MW5Mc>''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries'', closing credits</ref>

==Notes==
* As of the 3050s, Magnusson was of medium build with silver and blue eyes. He is noted for a scar that runs down over his right eye, caused by the laser rifle butt of a Kurita infantryman.<ref name=20YUp85/> He was known to dress expensively in his early years as Elected Prince.  In private, however, he was more known to be down-to-earth, intelligent and had a keen sense of street savvy.
{{quote|''If he lives, the [[Free Rasalhague Republic|Republic]] lives. If the Republic lives, then our sacrifice is not in vain''.|''[[Överste]]'' Siggurson, [[1st Drakøns]], [[Rasalhague]], 12 July [[3050]]}}

==Portrait Gallery==
<gallery>
Haakon-magnusson-59.jpg|Haakon Magnusson at age 59
Haakon_Magnusson_CCG.jpg|Magnusson CCG card
Haakon Magnusson MW5.png|In ''MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries''
</gallery>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[20 Year Update]]''
* ''[[Historical: Brush Wars]]''
* ''[[MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries]]'' (video game)

[[Category: Draconis Combine Characters|Magnusson, Haakon]]
[[Category: Rasalhague Characters|Magnusson, Haakon]]
[[Category: Elected Prince|Magnusson, Haakon]]