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Key facts
- Reign
- c. 936 – 958/963/964
- Predecessor
- Harthacnut I (Canute I) ( semi-legendary ), or Gnupa
- Successor
- Harald I
- Born
- before 900
- Died
- 958/963/964
- Spouse
- Thyra
- Issue detail
- Harald Bluetooth Knud Danaást [ da ] Gunnhild, Mother of Kings Strut-Harald Toke Gormsson
- House
- House of Gorm
- Father
- Harthacnut I of Denmark ( semi-legendary )
- Mother
- unknown
- Religion
- Norse paganism
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gorm
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Danish Realm
- Spouse
- Thyra
- Child
- Strut-Harald
- Father
- Harthacnut I of Denmark
- Occupation
- monarch
- Position held
- monarch of Denmark
- Languages spoken
- Danish
- Religion
- Old Norse religion
- Family
- House of Knýtlinga
- Image
- Gorm-the-old.jpg
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- Commons category
- Gorm of Denmark
- date of death
- 0964-00-00
- name in native language
- ᚴᚢᚱᛘᛦ
- date of birth
- 0890-00-00
- place of burial
- Denmark
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Encyclopedic overview
Gorm the Old (Danish: Gorm den Gamle; Old Norse: Gormr gamli; Latin: Gormus Senex), also called Gorm the Languid (Danish: Gorm Løge, Gorm den Dvaske), was ruler of Denmark, reigning from c. 936 to his 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 900 and died perhaps around 958 or possibly 963 or 964.
Origin of name
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorm the Old” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.