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	Jelling stones - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Jelling stones are massive carved Rune stones from the 10th century, found at the town of Jelling in Denmark.
		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 son, Harald Bluetooth in memory of his parents.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jelling_stones (407 words)

	Nørresundby: Jelling-the city of the kings
		Jelling is known because of the two runic stones that stands outside the stone church.
		Jelling is in addition also known for its two burial mounds and as a residence for more high ranked people.
		Harald Baatand´s stone is very conspicuous, because it is decorated with several impressive drawings, which for instance represent a snake that twines itself around a creature with a bird's head.
	www.viking.no /e/info-sheets/denmark/norresundby/jelling.htm (1779 words)

	Harald Bluetooth
		of the stone is carried out by two persons; the decorations first and secondly the runes and it took about a whole year to carry out the entire job.
		Some of the peeling on the stone is perhaps caused by the three hot fires due to the burning of the wooden churches.
		It turned out that the stone was situated partly on top of some old graves which indicates that the stone has been moved about one meter to the west.
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge5.htm (990 words)

	Rune stone - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rune stones are stones with runic inscriptions dating from the early Middle Ages but are found to have been used most prominently during the Iron Age (Viking Age).
		When the stones were carved, the runic letters were also painted, most commonly red (based on archaeological analysis), in order to be easily visible.
		The Stora Hammars Stone and the Tängelgarda stone, Lärbro parish
	www.wiki-mirror.be /index.php/Rune_stone (1730 words)

	Denmark - Jelling Runic Stone
		Harald Bluetooth erected this stone around the year 965 in memory of his parents, King Gorm and Queen Thyra, and in particular to commemorate the fact that he had converted the Danes to Christianity.
		The stone is Denmark's finest runic stone, and the oldest monument to the introduction of Christianity to Denmark.
		The stamp's vignette shows two of the stone's sides: one with a lion and snake, and one with the Christ figure in the branches of the Tree of Life.
	worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-DenmarkJelling.htm (741 words)

	The Runic Stones in Jelling
		He made the stone in memory of his wife, so she must have died before him.
		with the runic stone as a tomb stone.
		All 3 wooden churches burnt down and the heat from the fire is said to have damaged the stone.
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge30.htm (577 words)

	10Meters.com: King Bluetooth
		Harald – nicknamed Bluetooth – inherited his father's kingdom, centered on Jelling in Jutland, and, as king, is famous for consolidating the Danish realm as a unitary kingdom – much in the same way the Bluetooth Consortium hopes to unify wireless connectivity.
		The runic inscription on the other side of the big stone is his short biography: that he ruled Denmark, conquered Norway, and made the Danes Christians.
		The stone is often referred to as the baptismal certificate of Denmark.
	www.10meters.com /bluetooth_bio.html (159 words)

	Denmark - Facts about Denmark - Copenhagen Portal
		The runic stones at Jelling is recognised as a national symbol and the Danish kingdom's birth certificate - indicating that Christianity had come to Denmark for over 1,000 years ago.
		The runic stones at Jelling is considered as the birth certificate of the Danish kingdom.
		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.
	www.copenhagenet.dk /CPH-Denmark.htm (861 words)

	Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		The two stones was carved at the time of Harald Blåtand - or maybe even by the man himself - the first Viking ruler that united the early Danish kingdom.
		The larger of these stones is set in a straight line to the summits of the 2 mounds and exactly half way between them.
		One of the mounds is thought be (or at least legend has it) the burial place of the pagan King Gorm and the smaller of the 2 stones (not in its orginal place), in runic script, states “King Gorm made these monuments in memory of his wife Thyra, Denmark’s adornment”.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/jellingmounds.html (645 words)

	Runic Stones, Jelling
		The two runic stones at Jelling (12 km/7 mi northwest of Vejle) with drawings and inscriptions, have provided considerable historical information.
		On the latter is written, "This stone was erected to the memory of Gorm, his father, and Thyra, his mother, by Harald Bluetooth, that Harald who won for himself Denmark and all Norway and who made the Danes Christian".
		Between the graves and the runic stones a small church stands on the site where Harald Bluetooth had previously built a wooden church (11th C.), which was later altered on several occasions.
	www.planetware.com /jelling/runic-stones-dk-jut-run.htm (197 words)

	Denmark Today - Jelling monument
		Initially it was formed as a 170 meters long stone ship expanding from a mount from the bronze age (which is now the center of the big north mount) to south of where the other mount is today.
		According to the inscriptions on the stone the stone ship was built by King Gorm as a monument in memory of Queen Thyre.
		King Gorm died during the winter 958-959 and was buried in a wooden chamber in the mount from the bronze age.
	www.europe-today.com /denmark/viking13.html (356 words)

	jelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The older of the two Jelling stones was raised by King Gorm the Old in memory...
		Falks Flytteforretning stÃ¥r for indsamlingen af storskrald i Jelling Kommune...
		jelling campingplads nÃ¦r legoland og lÃ¸veparken, tÃ¦t ved fiskesÃ¸er, vi har svimmingpool, (svÃ¸mmebad), og minigolf.
	www.atdd.dk /jelling.htm (270 words)

	Viking - Free net encyclopedia
		Following this was the Jelling Dynasty, which was ruled by Harold BlГҐtand (Harold Bluetooth) who claimed to have conquered all of Denmark on the Jelling Stones and claimed Denmark as Christian.
		Other rune stones mention men who died on Viking expeditions, among them the around 25 Ingvar stones in the MГ¤lardalen district of Sweden erected to commemorate members of a disastrous expedition into present-day Russia in the early 11th century.
		The rune stones are important sources in the study of the entire Norse society and early medieval Scandinavia, not only of the 'Viking' segment of the population (Sawyer, P H: 1997).
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/Viking (3791 words)

	Royal Jelling, Jelling ,museum, vikings, exhibition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The permanent exhibition in Royal Jelling tells the more than 1000 year-old story of the monument, from its inception to the present day.
		The two runic stones are the focal point of the exhibition and they are the main source for this story from the 10th.
		Jelling contains much of what can be regarded as a national identity.
	www.kongernesjelling.dk /udstillinger_ENG.htm (146 words)

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		In the Viking Age Jelling was one of the country’s most important towns and a domicile for the kings – when they were in Jutland.
		Jelling Church lies between the two biggest ancient hills in Denmark.
		Just north of the stones Harald put up a wooden church which had two successors before the present stone church was built in the 12th century.
	www.haervej.dk /english/tur-6.htm (433 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)

	35th Generation (cont.) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The earlier stone, a memorial honoring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by King Gorm the Old, who was the 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 Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid, two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription.
		Thyre Klacksdottir, Queen of Denmark "Danebod (Comfort of The Danes)" was born circa 805 to 844 in Denmark or Jutland, Norway or Scandinavia.
	www.boazfamilytree.com /edebeauchamp/aqwg77.htm (1414 words)

	Rune stone - Wikipedia Mirror (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rune stones were used for more than simply commemorating the dead.
		Rune stones can be divided into several categories.
		Newly discovered stones often lack this coloring because of erosion, but caretakers nowadays make sure they are repainted and readable.
	www.wiki-mirror.us /index.php/Rune_stone (1730 words)

	Jelling Runic Stones. World Heritage sites in Denmark - QTVR Virtual Reality panoramic image from panoramas.dk
		The small village Jelling in the middle of Jutland was once the home of the first king of Denmark Gorm the Old.
		The large stone was raised by Harald Bluetooth the son of Gorm.
		The story about this place, the Mounds, the Stones and the Church can not be told in a few words.
	www.panoramas.dk /fullscreen2/full35.html (253 words)

	Danish Church Wall Paintings - Danske Kalkmalerier - Fullscreen QTVR photos - 360 grader panorama foto
		The oldest painting in Denmark is from around 1100 and was found in the church of Jelling in 1874.
		The Jelling Church, the burial mounds and Jelling stones is another Danish World Heritage site.
		View fullscreen panorama of the Jelling Stones and Church.
	www.panoramas.dk /kalkmalerier (495 words)

	Jelling : Introduction \| Frommers.com
		These two kings left behind two large burial mounds and two runic stones, known as the Jelling stones.
		Although the village of Jelling enjoys idyllic surroundings, set against a backdrop of forest and lakes, it is visited mainly for its runic stones.
		At the peak of the Viking era, a thousand years ago, Jelling was the Danish Royal Seat.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/jelling/2001010001.html (204 words)

	Gorm the Old Goes Home
		A.D. 959) is back at rest in the Jelling Church, where his remains were discovered in excavations in the late 1970s.
		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 royal family with the rune stones (King Gorm's at left and King Harald Bluetooth's center) outside Jelling Church.
	www.archaeology.org /0011/newsbriefs/gorm.html (386 words)

	Humbul full record view for -- Viking world
		The Viking World website is mostly concerned with Vikings and the area of Jelling, it also has pages relating to the Danish history as a whole.
		The Jelling sections include Jelling before the Vikings, Jelling during the Viking Age, Jelling Mounds, Jelling Church and Runic Stones in Jelling.
		There are photos available in three albums: Runic stones, Jelling Church and Jelling mounds.
	www.humbul.ac.uk /output/full2.php?id=15874 (198 words)

	Viking-Era Runic Stone Found in Jylland
		Internetavisen Jyllands-Posten has the article Possible third Jellinge stone found on the find of a new runic stone engraved with ancient Danish rune writing.
		The two Jelling stones are carved runic stones from the 10th century found at Jelling north of Vejle in Jylland (Jutland), Denmark.
		The older stone was raised by King Gorm the Old, who was the first King of Denmark, in memory of his wife Queen Thyra.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Post/851150 (204 words)

	Viking Ornamentation Styles - Jelling (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A return to the ribbon shaped style of pre-Viking Vendel period.
		The Development into usage of tendril-like offshoots marks the transition into the Mammen style.
		The Jelling style was introduced by Scandinavians into Britain and was used extensively by Anglo-Scandinavian carvers in Yorkshire.
	www.vikingart.com /VArt/Jelling.htm (71 words)

	Denmark History - Flags, Maps, Economy, Geography, Climate, Natural Resources, Current Issues, International ...
		As the Frankish empire declined, a stable royal power developed which, although it probably did not cover the entire Danish territory, nonetheless managed to defend itself against enemy invasions from the south.
		The unification of the country was finally completed under the son of Gorm the Old, Harold I Bluetooth (d.987), as stated on his runic stone in Jelling, where the word Denmark appears for the first time.
		The Jelling stones are often regarded as Denmark’s birth certificate.
	workmall.com /wfb2001/denmark/denmark_history_index.html (2542 words)

	Jelling travel guide - Wikitravel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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		Europe : Northern Europe : Denmark : Jutland : Jelling
		Jelling is a city and UNESCO World Heritage site.
	wikitravel.org /en/Jelling (70 words)

	Denmark Journal
		Originally this was a huge stone ship formation, with the axis aiming N/S. Site highest point in area.
		The Jelling stones were colored: russet on the runes, blue and yellow elsewhere.
		In Jelling complex Gorm's stone set on the axis of the stone ship.
	www.thefiredrake.com /stories/denmark.html (2631 words)

	Denmark: History - K12 Academics
		The Vikings temporarily conquered parts of England, known as the Danelaw, Ireland and France, giving name to the French region of Normandy.
		As attested by the Jelling stones, the Danes were united and Christianized about 965 by Harald Bluetooth, the second recognized king of Denmark.
		Up through the High and Late Middle Ages, the king of Denmark ruled Skåneland (Skåne, Halland and Blekinge), Danish Estonia, as well as the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein in northern Germany.
	www.k12academics.com /denmark_history.htm (948 words)

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