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	Gorm the Old - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gorm the Old (Gorm den Gamle) was King of Denmark in the mid-900s.
		Often maligned as a cruel old dotard and a staunch heathen, Gorm was probably born around 910-915, and died in late 958 according to dendrochronological studies of the wood in his burial chamber.
		Gorm was neither old nor unwise; when correctly interpreted, early sources point to him as being open-minded and pragmatic as far as Denmark's relationship with the Christian neighbors to the south was concerned, but earlier historians often confused him with his father who supposedly withstood the coming of Christianity for as long as he lived.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gorm_the_Old_of_Denmark (319 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm the Old,(Danish: Gorm den Gamle, died 959 was the father of Harold Bluetooth.
		Gorm, a Jutland chieftain, was born about 940.
		At the time of the reign of Gorm, the Danes believed in the Norse pantheon and it was not until Harold Bluetooth became king that the Danes converted to Christianity.
	www.online-encyclopedia.info /encyclopedia/g/go/gorm_the_old_of_denmark.html (140 words)

	The Icewind Dale Chronicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm the Old tried to escape the massacre by fleeing, but grew tried (because he is so old) and was slain---but still he did not cast his lone, useless spell.
		Gorm has now learned that sleep does NOT work on the undead (the undead are know for their high energy levels and just don't get sleepy) and may learn addition spells from scrolls found in the tombs.
		Gorm was able to turn the battle in favor of the party by invisibly moving toward the enemy and casting a fireball, but he caught hell by doing so and was sorely injured.
	home.neo.rr.com /themckelleys/chronicles.html (10868 words)

	List of Danish monarchs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm the Old was the first trustworthy Danish monarch.
		Denmark has one of the longest running unbroken lines of succession in the world, second only to that of the Japanese emperors.
		814-827, sole ruling 827-854, died 854 : Eric I the Old, one of four co-rulers and sons of Godfred
	www.1-free-software.com /en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_danish_monarchs.html (441 words)

	Nørresundby: Jelling-the city of the kings
		It was Harald Blaatand, son of Gorm the Old, who announced this upheaval, about 950 A. According to the new findings from the Sebbersund excavations, there are now indices pointing out Sebbersund as the very first Christian town in denmark (look at the Sebbersund informationsheet to study this matter).
		This cup has been used as a proof of the original burial of Gorm in this hill (the first burial of Gorm, perhaps 35 years before the Christianity was introduced officially by his son Harald), because the ornamentation of the cup corresponds with the ornamentation of the so called "Art of Jelling".
		We think that it is quite impossible to convince a whole people, that their religion is wrong, and that they have to worship Jesus Christ, especially when Gorm the Old a few years earlier was a follower of Nordic gods as Odin and Thor.
	www.viking.no /e/info-sheets/denmark/norresundby/jelling.htm (1779 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		Denmark was founded by Gorm the Old, and Norway by Harald Fairhair, about A. 875 while Sweden was founded by the royal race of the Ynglingar about A. Political History of Denmark.
		Gorm the Old was a fierce pagan, but Thyra was favorably disposed toward Christianity.
		She caused the immense rampart of the Dannevirke to be erected across the peninsula of Denmark at the southern end of Schleswig.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	Table of Contents and Excerpt, Hollander, Saga of the Jómsvíkings
		The earl had a beautiful sister, and he was fonder of her than he should have been and begot a child with her; the child was kept hidden, and then the earl sent men away with it but bade them not to desert it before they knew what would befall it.
		Now when Gorm had become grown and taken over the rule of his kingdom he left his land with a great following of men, for the purpose of asking the daughter of Earl Harold in marriage; and in case the earl refused to give him his daughter he meant to lay waste his land.
		And when Gorm had made his wishes known to the earl, the earl answered that his daughter was to decide for herself, "because she is much wiser than I." So the king addressed his suit to her.
	www.utexas.edu /utpress/excerpts/exholsap.html (3439 words)

	Denmark - Facts about Denmark - Denmark's history
		It is King Gorm's runic stone in memory of his wife Thyra on the left, and King Harald's sepulchral monuments over his parents King Gorm and his mother Thyra on the right.
		"Gorm the Old" and his Queen "Thyra's" mound's are placed on each side of the church.
		One of many charming old towns on Denmark's coastline is Nakskov, founded around 1260 on the island of Lolland with beautiful old houses and buildings surrounding the harbour area.
	copenhagenet.dk /CPH-Denmark.htm (861 words)

	Jelling in the viking age
		Gorm is famous because our consecutive list of Kings originates with him, and our present Queen Margrethe is related to him however in a rather complicated way.
		In that case it seems reasonable to assume that the South Mound is a mound in memory of her and not of Gorm, even though the mound is generally known as Gorms.
		The three countries were "Skåne and Halland", "Sjælland and Lolland-Falster", "Jylland and Fyn." It seems fair to assume that the old village of the fief became the head of ruling in the latter area, especially when you considder the central position and the significance during the 900-years.
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge.htm (2315 words)

	SIR CHARLES BARRY - LoveToKnow Article on SIR CHARLES BARRY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		An interesting example of the great timber-chambered barrow is that at Jelling in Jutland, known as the barrow of Thyre Danebod, queen of King Gorm the Old, who died about the middle of the 10th century.
		Though it had been entered and plundered in the middle ages, a few relics were found when it was reopened, among which were a silver cup,ornamented with the interlacing work characteristic of the time and some personal ornaments.
		It is highly illustrative of the tenacity with which the ancient sepulchral usages were retained even after the introduction of Christianity that King Harold, son and successor of Gorm the Old, who is said to have cliristianized all Denmark and Norway, followed the pagan.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BARRY_SIR_CHARLES.htm (1427 words)

	GORM Viking Name Converter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm says: "A beloved child has many names." The problem with modern names, though, is that, no matter how many you have, they don't tell people enough about you.
		For example, Old Gorm's son, who never flossed, was named Harald Bluetooth.
		Gorm believes you should be able to benefit from an equally descriptive moniker.
	www.gorm.com /name (72 words)

	Learn more about List of Danish monarchs in the online encyclopedia. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		814-827, sole ruling 827-854, died 854 : Eric I the Old, 1 of 4 corulers and sons of Godfred
		854- after 864 : boderson of Eric the Old, Eric II the Child, whose daughter married Harald I of Norway
		after 934 - memtioned with Gorm the Old in 936 : Sigtryg, last king of the "Olof Dynasty"
	www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/li/list_of_danish_monarchs.html (495 words)

	Ananova - Queen Margrethe marks reburial of first Danish king
		The Danish royal family has attended a ceremony marking the reburial of Viking ancestor Gorm the Old, who is considered the first king of Denmark.
		Gorm the Old died in 959 and is the oldest ruler the Danish Royal House can be traced back to.
		The slab with the inscription "King Gorm Laid to rest 959 and later entombed here" is a few yards from where the remains believed to be Gorm's were found in 1979.
	www.ananova.com /news/story/sm_50570.html (291 words)

	Vikings & their Gods - Icelandic Literature
		Because Old Norse and Icelandic are, for all practical purposes, the same language, Icelandic medieval writings are sometimes referred to as Old Norse literature.
		The result is generally known under the collective name of Sturlunga Saga; it recounts in gory detail the internecine struggle of the 13th century that led to the end of the old Icelandic commonwealth.
		It may be derived from the Old Norse word edda (great-grandmother), but more likely refers to Oddi, a seat of culture in southern Iceland.
	www.angelfire.com /realm/shades/vikings/icellit.htm (524 words)

	38th Generation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		King Gorm Del Gammel of Denmark [scrapbook] "The Old" was born circa 870 to 890.
		The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid, two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription.
		On Baldwin III's death in 962 the old count, Arnulf I, resumed control and spent the few remaining years of his life in securing the succession of his grandson Arnulf II the Younger (who reigned from 965 to 988).
	www.boazfamilytree.com /jharcourt/aqwg56.htm (1521 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Danish monarchy, the world's oldest, dates back to Viking king Gorm the Old, who established his reign early in the 10th century.
		Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, completed the unification of the Danes, and began their conversion to Christianity.
		His successors, Sven Forkbeard and Knut the Great, conquered England and kept it for half a century, but as their power waned, the borders of the Danish kingdom shrank back to Denmark.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~tt27/DKDanes.html (454 words)

	World Heritage Sites in Denmark
		The complex of Jelling mounds, runic stones, and church is a unique illustration of the transition between the old Nordic religion and Christianity.
		One of the two grave mounds was probably the burial place of the Viking leader, King Gorm the Old, and the two runic stones are connected with the mounds.
		Located on the west coast of Greenland, 250-km north of the Arctic Circle, Greenlands Ilulissat Icefjord (40,240-ha) is the sea mouth of Sermeq Kujalleq, one of the few glaciers through which the Greenland ice cap reaches the sea.
	www.thesalmons.org /lynn/wh-denmark.html (205 words)

	Maximilian Genealogy Master Database 2000 - pafg151 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm the old of JUTLAND [Parents] was born 840.
		Thyri KLACKSDOTTIR [Parents] married Gorm the old of JUTLAND.
		Harold 11 Bluetooth GORMSSON was born 910 and died 1 Nov 986.
	www.peterwestern.f9.co.uk /maximilia/pafg151.htm (100 words)

	Jelling stones -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Jelling stone, raised by King Gorm the Old as a memorial to his wife, Queen Thyre.
		The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gorm the Old, last pagan king of Denmark.
		The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of...
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043508?tocId=9043508 (734 words)

	Viking Heritage Who is Who \|\| Gorm "the Old" ( Gorm den gamle ) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gorm´s wife Tyra was given the name Danebod.
		It has been dated by tree-ring analysis to 958/9, and contained probably the burial of King Gorm.
		King Gorm and his wife Tyra were reinterred in the adjacent church by their son Harald Bluetooth, who was a Christian.
	viking.hgo.se /db_search/who_is_who/detail.php?ID=33472 (78 words)

	UNESCO Courier: The rune-stones of Jelling - Jelling, Denmark
		The rune-stones were raised more than a thousand years ago, one by the Viking King Gorm the Old, and the other by his son, King Harald Bluetooth.
		During the reigns of Gorm and his son, Harald Blue-tooth, Jelling was a royal manor, although it is uncertain whether the kings resided there permanently.
		King Gorm erected a stone in Jelling in memory of his wife, Thyra, and Harald did the same for both of his parents after Gorm's death in 958.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1310/is_1996_May/ai_18450243 (1425 words)

	M2M Sculptors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The picture is from a runic stone from the 10th century, made by King Harald the Bluetooth, who had it made in memory of his father Gorm the Old.
		The runic stone is known as the “Great Jelling Stone” and is also said to be the birth certificate of Denmark, and therefore I have chosen this side to be the first, and the side facing away from the pyramid.
		The “gripping beast” and the snake is seen as the fight between the good and the evil, and maybe also as a fight between the old and the new religion.
	willmaster.com /aviator/16denmark.html (1563 words)

	Gorm the Old Goes Home
		Peter Henrichsen (conservator) and Per Kristian Madsen (chief of section) of the Danish National Museum lower zinc box containing the remains of King Gorm the Old into a tomb in Jelling church.
		On August 30, Gorm's remains, which had been under study at Copenhagen's University and National Museum, were reburied, carefully packed in acid-free paper in a zinc box, with Denmark's Queen Margrethe II and royal family in attendance.
		The reburial ends the saga of the search for King Gorm, which began in 1820, when excavators found an empty tomb in mound north of the church; only one artifact remained in the burial chamber, a silver cup.
	www.archaeology.org /0011/newsbriefs/gorm.html (368 words)

	Fullscreen QuickTimeVR2003/8 Matterhorn Zermatt, Jelling, New York
		The small village Jelling in the middle of Jutland was once the home of the first king of Denmark Gorm the Old.
		The inscription says: Gorm made this monument in memory of Thyre his wife on the back is for the first time the name Denmark mentioned.
		The large stone was raised by Harald Bluetooth the son of Gorm.
	www.panoramas.dk /index_aug2003.html (714 words)

	It Came Out of the Sky -- The Awful Truth about Bluetooth
		He was known as Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm the Old, and he united most of Denmark before his estranged son, Sven Forkbeard, sent him to Valhalla and took over the family business.
		Microsoft's stated reason for omitting the Viking technology from the next release of its flagship OS was the lack of a critical mass of Bluetooth-enabled devices demanding Windows support.
		That basically translated to the Redmond behemoth simply acknowledging a conspicuous worldwide lack of user demand for the namesake of Gorm the Old's son.
	www.starkrealities.com /wireless001.html (1455 words)

	[No title]
		Gorm "the Old" King of Denmark 883-941
		The real problem with this descent is that the alleged line of Danish kings before Gorm the Old (833-940) is very conjectural.
		Brian Thompsett writes: "Many historians regard much of the genealogy at this point to be purely legendary, or even mythical." There was no Kingdom of Denmark until the 9th century, so these "kings" were at most Viking chieftans.
	www.adam-carr.net /valentinian.txt (726 words)

	The Viking Forts
		The Danes, and indeed the populations from all of Scandinavia, were becoming harder and harder to control.
		In the tenth century, one leader appeared who was nearly successful in uniting all of Denmark into a single entity: Gorm the Old.
		Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm the Old, completed the work of his father, and became the first king of the united country.
	www.zianet.com /egil/nonfiction/vikingforts.html (1158 words)

	Danish Museum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Danish Monarchy, stretches back almost 1,000 years, to King Gorm the old, the first King of the Danes.
		The present Queen Margrethe the Second, can trace her ancestry clear back to King Gorm the old and Queen Tyhre.
		The Danish Flag, a white cross on a blood-red background, is the oldest Flag in the world, first flown at the battle at Riga June 15 in 1219.
	dkmuseum.org /DanishCultureFamous.html (988 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Security was tight as royalty from Europe and Japan gathered to watch the 35-year-old prince marry his bride of 32.
		She joins a royal house that the Danes say is Europe’s oldest, dating back to the Viking king Gorm the Old, who died in 958.
		The prince, popular for his common touch, cried as his princess walked up the aisle in a gown of white duchess satin with a veil of almost 100-year-old Irish lace, once used by Frederik’s grandmother.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040515/asp/foreign/story_3250289.asp (427 words)

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