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Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; [2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod.
958 – Gorm the Old dies [9] and Harald Bluetooth becomes sole king, succeeding his father. [10] 960s. c. 965 – Harald Bluetooth raises the larger Jelling Stone, taking credit for the unification of Denmark and Christianizing the Danes. [11] 965 – Tartushi visits Hedeby. [12] 970s. 970 – the wedding of Harald Bluetooth and Tove of the ...
Defeated, Harald once again submitted to the Ottonians. [6]Earl Haakon had helped against the Germans with a Norwegian army, but shortly after the Danish defeat and Harald forcing him to convert to Christianity, he rebelled against Harald Bluetooth in 975 and made Norway an independent kingdom.
Tove of the Obotrites, also called Tova, Tofa or Thora, (10th century) was a Slavic princess and a Danish Viking Age queen consort, the spouse of King Harald Bluetooth. Tofa, her name carved in runes as ᛏᚢᚠᛅ [1], was the daughter of Prince Mistivir of the Obotrites, a region also known as Wendland. She married King Harald in January 963.
Under Harald Bluetooth's rule, he is said on a Jelling rune stone to have unified the territory that comprises modern-day Denmark under his rule, as well as Norway. [1] The latter claim is more tenuous, as he most likely only had periodic and indirect power over parts of modern-day Norway. [ 1 ]
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The larger of the two stones was raised by King Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, in memory of his parents, celebrating his conquest of Denmark and Norway, and his conversion of the Danes to Christianity. The runic inscriptions on these stones are considered the best known in Denmark. [1]
A golden disc bearing the name of Harald Bluetooth and Jomsborg appeared in Sweden in autumn 2014, first presented by Swedish archaeologist Sven Rosborn. The disc, also called the Curmsun Disc, is made of high gold content and has a weight of 25.23 grams. On the obverse there is a Latin inscription and on the reverse there is a Latin cross with ...