---
title: 'The Last King (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Nils Gaup'
released: '2016-02-12'
runtime_minutes: 99
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Denmark'
  - 'Sweden'
  - 'Hungary'
  - 'Ireland'
  - 'Norway'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-king-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4738360/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last King (2016)

2016 · R · 99 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, War, History · Denmark, Sweden, Hungary, Ireland, Norway

Original title: Birkebeinerne

## Synopsis

The Last King is a 2016 Norwegian historical drama, directed by Nils Gaup. The story, inspired by true events, centers on the efforts of the Birkebeiner loyalists to protect the infant, Haakon Haakonsson, the heir to the Norwegian throne after the death of his father, King Haakon Sverresson. The film is set during the civil war era in Norway during the 13th-century.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Nils Gaup](https://cinepixo.com/people/nils-gaup)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gaute Storaas](https://cinepixo.com/people/gaute-storaas)
- **Producer:** [Stein B. Kvae](https://cinepixo.com/people/stein-b-kvae), [Finn Gjerdrum](https://cinepixo.com/people/finn-gjerdrum)
- **Director of Photography:** [Piotr Mokrosiński](https://cinepixo.com/people/piotr-mokrosinski)
- **Editor:** [Thomas Täng](https://cinepixo.com/people/thomas-tang)

## Cast

- [Pål Sverre Hagen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pal-sverre-hagen) as Haakon the Crazy
- [Thea Sofie Loch Næss](https://cinepixo.com/people/thea-sofie-loch-n-ss) as Christina of Norway
- [Anders Dahlberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/anders-dahlberg) as Aslak
- [Åsmund-Brede Eike](https://cinepixo.com/people/asmund-brede-eike)
- [Thorbjørn Harr](https://cinepixo.com/people/thorbj-rn-harr) as Inge II of Norway
- [Ane Ulimoen Øverli](https://cinepixo.com/people/ane-ulimoen-verli) as Inga of Varteig
- [Bjørn Sundquist](https://cinepixo.com/people/bj-rn-sundquist) as Chancellor
- [Fridtjov Såheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/fridtjov-saheim)
- [Lia Boysen](https://cinepixo.com/people/lia-boysen) as Margaret of Sweden, Queen of Norway
- [Stig Henrik Hoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/stig-henrik-hoff) as Erlend
- [Benjamin Helstad](https://cinepixo.com/people/benjamin-helstad) as Haakon III of Norway
- [Kristofer Hivju](https://cinepixo.com/people/kristofer-hivju) as Torstein

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