Jelling, Denmark. The figure of Christ on the large Jelling rune stone raised by King Harald Bluetooth in the 960s. Other side of runic text.
The large Jelling rune stone from the 10th century, the 960s, was raised by King Harald Bluetooth in memory of his father Gorm and his mother Thyra, and in celebration of the conquest of Denmark and Norway and the conversion of the Danes to Christianity and thus sometimes called "Denmark's birth cerfificate". Somehow King Harald Bluetooth became known as a great communicator and has thus given name to today's open wireless protocol for data exchange used by computers and cell phones, the Bluetooth. So, actually, this is the first bluetooth transferred data. Page two in the official Danish passport displays this design in a red print. To see the front with the runes and the translated runic text, search for: G204YM or CBDX2M - the image on page 2 in the Danish passport HTHA2A
Size: 3419px × 5128px
Location: Jelling, Jutland, Denmark
Photo credit: © Niels Quist / Alamy / Afripics
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