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Håkan is a common Swedish given name. It has a common origin with the Norwegian given name Haakon (modern Norwegian Håkon Danish Hakon) in the Old Norse Hákon. The meaning of the name is disputed but a possible meaning is high son from Old Norse há- (Proto-Norse hauha-) (high) and konr (kin). On Swedish runestones the name is usually written Hakun and in medieval documents usually Haquon or in the Latinised versions Haqvin/Haqvinus.