Earl Sigurd, Eindride Unge, Onund Simonson, Frirek Keina, and other
chiefs kept the troop together, left the ships in Raumsdal, and went
up to the Uplands. King Magnus and his father Erling sailed with their
troops north to Nidaros in Throndhjem, and subdued the country as they
went along. Erling called together an Eyra-thing, at which King Magnus
was proclaimed king of all Norway. Erling, however, remained there but a
short time; for he thought the Throndhjem people were not well affected
towards him and his son. King Magnus was then called king of the whole
country.
King Hakon had been a handsome man in appearance, well grown, tall and
thin; but rather broad-shouldered, on which account his men called him
Herdebreid. As he was young in years, his lendermen ruled for him. He
was cheerful and friendly in conversation, playful and youthful in his
ways, and was much liked by the people.