The older of the two Jelling stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory of his wife Thyra. The larger of the two stones was raised by King Gorm's...

above sea level. Jelling is located in Vejle municipality and Region of Southern Denmark. The town is mainly famous for the Jelling stones, national monuments...

death c. 958 or a few years later. He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before...

has media related to Runestones. The Jelling Project – Information about Jelling and the runestones Photos of runestones and image stones from Gotland...

The Jelling stone ship is a stone ship, the longest known to have existed, remains of which lie under the two royal barrows at Jelling, Denmark. The Jelling...

Norse). During his reign, Harald oversaw the reconstruction of the Jelling runic stones, and numerous other public works. The most famous is fortifying the...

stone Gästrikland Runic Inscription 7 (Gs 7) Denmark has a total of 250 known runestones. Eltang stone Jelling stones Rimsø Runestone Snoldelev Stone...

Bluetooth declared this around AD 965, and raised the larger of the two Jelling Stones. According to historian Anders Winroth, Christianity was not forced...

recorded use of the word Danmark within Denmark itself is found on the two Jelling stones, which are runestones believed to have been erected by Gorm the Old...

reigning from c. 936 to his death c. 958. He ruled from Jelling, and made the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honour of his wife Thyra. Gorm was born before...

in 965 AD by Harald Bluetooth, the story of which is recorded on the Jelling stones. The exact extent of Harald's kingdom is unknown, although it is reasonable...

Old Norse with the Younger Futhark. The Jelling stones date from between 960 and 985. The older, smaller stone was raised by King Gorm the Old, the last...

Tørring-Uldum municipality Vamdrup municipality Vejle municipality The Jelling stones are archaeological treasures erected by Harald Bluetooth to honour his...

follow Jell-O Brick Road, whose stones are inscribed with the names of former factory employees. The museum offers looks at starting materials for Jell-O,...

and Jelling 2 stones, while another individual carved the Horne, Bække and possibly the Randbøl stones. From this, it has been argued that the Jelling stones...

The Sigurd stones form a group of eight or nine Swedish runic inscriptions (five or six runestones, two natural rocks, and a baptismal font) and one picture...

two Jelling stones, which are rune stones believed to have been erected by Gorm the Old (c. 955) and Harald Bluetooth (c. 965). The larger stone of the...

of Southern Denmark. Located in the former Jelling municipality are the runic gravestones— the Jelling stones, the burial mounds, and church which became...

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motif, likewise taken from the largest Jelling Stone. The passport design including images from the Jelling Stones was introduced in 1997, when the current...

Viking Age monuments in Scania, and in Denmark, only comparable to the Jelling stones. The monument was destroyed during the end of the 18th century by Eric...

destroyed Jelling stone ship in Denmark, which was at least 170 m (560 ft) long. In Sweden, the size varies from 67 m (220 ft) (Ale's Stones) to only a...

(13th century, restored). Jelling is a village within Vejle municipality famous for the Jelling stones, the Jelling stone ship and two large burial mounds...

standing stones. — Heimskringla by Snorri Sturluson Gettlinge burial field, Öland, Sweden Hulterstad burial field, Öland, Sweden Jelling stones, Vejle,...

750 - c. 900) för-Jelling (pre-Jelling) — c. 900 Jelling (Jelling) — 10th century and into the 11th century efter-Jelling (post-Jelling) — c. 1000 – 1050...

the 12th century, and it was common to use rune stones as building material for churches. The stone was probably carved in the early 9th century, judging...

contained a chamber tomb, but both barrows, the church and the two Jelling stones testify to how important it was to mark death ritually during the pagan...

representing characters and scenes from Norse mythology, similarly to how the Jelling stones in Denmark depict Jesus with other Norse mythological characters. Its...

woman with the same name than the Thyra noted on the Jelling Stones DR 41 and DR 42. The stone is known locally as the Læborgsten. A rhafnukatufi Hrafnunga-Tofi...

church, probably as part of a memorial assemblage comparable to the Jelling stones. The inscription, in Younger Fuþark runes 14–19.4 centimetres (5.5–7...