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02.06.2010
History Video Blog #6
Categories: History

Harald Gormmson was King of the Danes from 958 to 986. His kingdom included all of what is today called the Jutland peninsula, the Danish islands between the Kattegat Straits and the Baltic Sea, and what is today the lands surrounding the Oslo fjord in today’s SE Norway. He had many vassal lands that he dominated including the Baltic shores of what is today Germany, most of present-day Norway and parts of Sweden. He was a Christian ruler of the Danes in the tense transitional period between paganism and Christianization. That is plenty cool, but you will have to watch the video to find out what is even more interesting about Harald, and how this little-known king has influenced our lives across the centuries.

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