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Jelling chuch flanked by the two mounds
 

What makes Jelling unique?

Jelling was the focal point in Danish history for three reasons.
In Jelling the smaller Jelling stone names Denmark as a consolidated kingdom from around 950 A.D.
In Jelling the larger Jelling runic stone tells of the

     

change from Nordic paganism to Christianity in ap­prox 965 A.D.

In Jelling King Gorm the Old founded the royal dy­na­sty which, a 1000 years later, still thrives in Den­mark, with the present Queen, Margrethe II as a di­rect descendant of Gorm.