Two stones honor Thyra, mother of Harald Bluetooth, namesake of the modern technology.
Archaeologists scrutinizing two groups of runestones from Denmark have determined the name ‘Thyra’ mentioned in the two inscriptions refers to the same woman: Queen Thyra, wife of Gorm the Old, and mother of Harald Bluetooth, the ruler whose name adorns the technology that connects modern wireless devices. Vikings were seafarers, traders, and raiders that settled across northwestern Europe in the 8th through 11th centuries.
“So maybe it was just the case that Tue was married to a Thyra,” the museum website states. Bluetooth was the son of Thyra and Gorm the Old, and king of Denmark in the mid-10th century. Bluetooth brought Christianity to Denmark and unified Norway and Denmark in 958. According to Bluetooth’s corporate website, Harald had a bluish-gray dead tooth, hence the name.
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