Succession
Succeeds as King of Denmark. Harthacnut died while in England, and Magnus also became King of Denmark, in spite of a claim by Cnuts nephew Sweyn Estridsen, whom Harthacnut had left in control of Denmark when he went to England
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1042 in Norway
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