architecture
Runestone of Gorm
Jelling, Southern Denmark, Denmark
Gorms Sten [Danish]
Den Lille Jellingsten [Danish]
Architecture
The inscription of the rune stone reads: “King Gorm made these monuments in memory of Thyre, his wife, Denmark's salvation.”
full/alternative names
Small Jelling Stone
built
about 940 to 955
style/period
work type by function
patronage
Specifications
height
1.9 m
width
0.5 m
length
1.1 m
Geography
local language location name
Jelling, Danmark [Danish]
UNESCO World Heritage Site
type
cultural
criteria
III
designation
extension
reference
697bis
