Harald Bluetooth

Harald Bluetooth
Harald Bluetooth
	Harald being baptized by Poppo the monk, in a relief dated to c. 1200
King of Denmark
Reign	c. 958 – c. 986
Predecessor	Gorm the Old
Successor	Sweyn Forkbeard
King of Norway
Reign	c. 970 – c. 985/986
Predecessor	Harald Greycloak
Successor	Olaf Tryggvason
Regent	Haakon Sigurdsson (de facto ruler)
Died	985/986
Spouses	Gunhild; Tove; Gyrid Olafsdottir;
House	House of Gorm
Father	Gorm the Old
Mother	Thyra
Religion	Chalcedonian Christianity

Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson;^[2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway.

He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod. Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 958 – c. 986. Harald introduced Christianity to Denmark and consolidated his rule over most of Jutland and Zealand. Harald's rule as king of Norway following the assassination of King Harald Greycloak of Norway was more tenuous, most likely lasting for no more than a few years in the 970s. Some sources say his son Sweyn Forkbeard forcibly deposed him from his Danish throne before his death.

^ "Tamdrup Kirke". Den store danske. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
^ Fagrskinna ch. 7 (ed. Finnur Jónsson 1902–8, p. 31) af Harallde Gormssyne (dative), ch. 14 (p. 58) við Haralld konong Gorms sun (accusative).

[1] "Tamdrup Kirke". Den store danske. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2012.

[2] Fagrskinna ch. 7 (ed. Finnur Jónsson 1902–8, p. 31) af Harallde Gormssyne (dative), ch. 14 (p. 58) við Haralld konong Gorms sun (accusative).

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