Gorm the Old
King of Denmark · Denmark · Historical Figures · Lived 877 to 958 · aged 81
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Something wrong?A Danish king who ruled from a hamlet called Jelling in the tenth century and carved his wife's name in stone - the oldest surviving monument that marks the spot where Denmark's royal line begins.
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August Thomsen - Thyra Dannebod meddeler Kong Gorm den Gamle Underretning om hans Søn Knuds Død
Julius Exner, Thyra Danebod forsøger at formilde Gorm den Gamles vrede mod nogle fangne kristne, 1849, KMS582, Statens Museum for Kunst
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Title page for 'Kong Gorms Sønner eller Kors og Sværd'
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Gorm was born before 900 and took power around 936, ruling Denmark from Jelling for roughly two decades. He commissioned the oldest of the Jelling stones to honour his wife Thyra - a granite marker that would anchor a kingdom's memory. He died around 958, though some sources push the date to 963 or 964. The stone remains; the man behind it earned two nicknames, one calling him Old, the other Languid.
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