Harald Bluetooth

Harald Bluetooth Gormsson (died c. 985/86), son of Gorm the Old, ruled Denmark from about 958. Around 965 he raised the larger Jelling Stone, whose inscription boasts that he unified Denmark and made the Danes Christian. He backed conversion with a wave of building, expanding the Danevirke, raising ring fortresses, and issuing Denmark's first coinage.

He briefly held power in Norway and fought the German emperors. Deposed by his son Sweyn Forkbeard, he died of his wounds around 986 and was buried at Roskilde.