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Jelling
Jelling is a small town in central Jutland, Denmark, and was the royal seat of Gorm the Old and Harald Bluetooth in the 10th century. Its monuments, two great burial mounds, a stone ship setting, a church and the two Jelling runestones, form a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Harald's larger stone records that he won Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian.
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