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The Bluetooth wireless specification design was named after the king in 1997, [30] based on an analogy that the technology would unite devices the way Harald Bluetooth united the tribes of Denmark into a single kingdom. [31] [32] [33] The Bluetooth logo consists of a Younger Futhark bind rune for his initials, H and B . [34]
The name "Bluetooth" was proposed in 1997 by Jim Kardach of Intel, one of the founders of the Bluetooth SIG.The name was inspired by a conversation with Sven Mattisson who related Scandinavian history through tales from Frans G. Bengtsson's The Long Ships, a historical novel about Vikings and the 10th-century Danish king Harald Bluetooth.
More than 1,000 years after his death in what is now Poland, a European king whose nickname lives on through wireless technology is at the center of an archaeological dispute.
The death of Otto I presented King Harald of Norway with an opportunity to assert independence and free his people from the influence of the empire. Harald, along with other Norwegian factions, formally rebelled against the new emperor. This rebellion resulted in the invasion of Saxony, the heartland of the Ottonian dynasty, by a Viking army. [5]
The disk weighs 25.23 grams (0.890 oz) and has a diameter of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in). The Danish Viking king Harald Bluetooth is mentioned in the inscription of the disc. The disc's characteristics are influenced by Byzantine coins and seals. [2]
Tofa was the daughter of Mstivoj, a king of the Obodrites, and the stone is one of few runestones raised after a woman. Danmarks Runeindskrifter considers the identification of the inscription's "Harald the Good" with Viking king "Harald Bluetooth" likely although this form of the name is not known from other sources. The actual inscription is ...
Two groups of runestones erected in Denmark mention a woman named Thyra, which suggests she was a powerful Viking sovereign who likely played a pivotal role in the birth of the Danish realm.
911 – The Vikings settle in Normandy; 940s. 940 – Around this year, Harald Bluetooth becomes king, ruling with his father Gorm the Old. [2] Bluetooth will later impose Christianity on his people. [3] 942 – William I, Duke of Normandy offers asylum to Harald, and restores him to his throne by force. William I is assassinated later that ...