Harald Bluetooth, The Builder King

Harald Gormssom was born about the year 910. His goal was to unite the different kingdoms of Denmark.

He was know as The Builder King.

Stone ships

Ring forts

Dannevirkes (Walls)

Rune stones

He built them ALL…

Today’s Bluetooth technology, that enables different kinds of devices to communicate wirelessly, was named after King Harald Bluetooth because he had the same purpose — unity and communication among different groups.

Knot Drawing

by David Plunkett

A5 13 pages 552 words

A5 13 pages 552 words

 

Bluetooth’s runic symbols are a bind rune, a combination of two Younger Futhark runes for the letters H and B. The "H" is the Hagall rune (ᚼ) and the "B" is the Bjarkan rune (ᛒ).

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