Person

Gorm the Old

King of Denmark

b. 895 CE – d. 958 CE World The Atlantic Lands

Gorm the Old), also called Gorm the Sleepy, is the first historically recognized King of Denmark, reigning from c. 936 to his death c.

958.

[ He rulew from Jelling, and makes the oldest of the Jelling Stones in honor of his wife Thyra.

Gorm was born before 900 and dies c. 958.

Moran, J. (2017). Gorm the Old. History Atlas. Retrieved 30 October 2026, from https://www.historyatlas.com/people/gorm-the-old/

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