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Ogier the Dane (Holger Danske) at Kronborg Castle is an important national icon from the Viking age. The first mention of Danes within Denmark is on the Jelling Rune Stone, which mentions the conversion of the Danes to Christianity by Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century. [30]
The Danes first arrived in Ireland in 795 AD, at Rathlin Island, initiating subsequent raids and fortified trade settlements, so called longphorts. During the Viking Age, they established many coastal towns including Dublin (Dyflin), Cork , Waterford (Veðrafjǫrðr) and Limerick (Hlymrekr) and Danish settlers followed.
Name spellings are derived from Oliver Elton's 1905 translation, The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, via Wikisource. Gesta Danorum ("Deeds of the Danes") by Saxo Grammaticus is the most extensive, and most widely known Danish chronicle of Danish kings.
In the new southern provinces, the Danes promoted Christianity (mission of the Rani, monasteries like Eldena Abbey) and settlement (Danish participation in the Ostsiedlung). The Danes lost most of their southern gains after the Battle of Bornhöved (1227), but the Rugian principality stayed with Denmark until 1325. Northern countries in 1219
Horik I: (814) 827–854, King of the Danes (at first ruling jointly with his unnamed brothers). The Frankish annals mention Horik on numerous occasions during the next couple of decades. [5] Horik II: 854–860s. He is believed to have been the immediate successor of Horik I, but the annals are silent about the name of the Danish king for a ...
The family tree of legendary Kings of the Danes, according to the Gesta Danorum (Books I to VII) Kings of the Danes are in bold and marked with an asterisk (*). Kings of the Swedes are marked with a dagger (†). Superscript numbers before a name indicate in which books of Gesta Danorum the individual is mentioned.
Dane previously hinted at an unexpected journey for his character, telling Variety in 2022, "There's gonna be redemption. I mean, that's the trajectory he's on [after being arrested].
Edith Brenneche Petersen (1896–1973), one of the first three women to be ordained as Church of Denmark priests; Lise-Lotte Rebel (1951–), first woman to become a bishop in the Church of Denmark (1995) Hans Svane (1634–1703), bishop of Zealand (1655–1668), archbishop (1660–1668)