England
King Edmund of Wessex took five boroughs from Olaf in Danish Mercia.
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| Grave Jelling |
Denmark
Harald bluetooth inherited the throne from Gorm the old, in his fathers last years he probably already had his own earldom. His mother Tyre died a couple of years before, which was written on the Jelling rune stone, which Gorm the old build on his queens burial ground in Jelling, Here she was called tanmaurkar but(Danes gift) and it is the first time the name Denmark was written on Danish soil.
Iceland
Thorgejr Ljosvetningagodi Althingi lawspeaker(985-1001) was born
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| Front ´The big Jelling stone sides |
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| The little Jelling Stone 2 sides |
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| Silver cup found at the tomb of Tyre |
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| The big Jelling runestone |
