Two enormous runestones in Jelling are some of the most famous in Denmark. The older of the two was raised by King Gorm in memory of his wife. The inscription bears the earliest known use of the name Denmark. It reads “King Gorm made this monument in memory of Thyre his wife, Denmark’s adornment.”

The younger and larger stone was raised by Gorm’s son, King Harold Bluetooth, and commemorates his parents as well as his own accomplishments.