Jelling stones

E296656

archaeological site cultural heritage monument runestone

The Jelling stones are monumental 10th-century runestones in Denmark that commemorate the unification of Denmark and the Christianization of the Danes.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Jelling stones canonical	5
Gorm’s runestone	1
Harald Bluetooth’s rune stone at Jelling	1
Harald’s runestone	1
Jelling rune stones	1
small Jelling stone	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2763740 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jelling stones
Context triple: [Harold Bluetooth, notableWork, Jelling stones]

A. Dazu Rock Carvings
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a renowned series of Chinese religious cliffside sculptures and inscriptions dating from the 9th to 13th centuries, celebrated for their artistic sophistication and integration of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist themes.
B. Coronation Stone
The Coronation Stone is an ancient block of stone in Kingston upon Thames traditionally associated with the crowning of several early English kings.
C. Gamla Uppsala burial mounds
The Gamla Uppsala burial mounds are a group of large, ancient royal grave mounds near Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Norse pagan worship.
D. Håkons Hall
Håkons Hall is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in Lillehammer, Norway, best known for hosting ice hockey events during the 1994 Winter Olympics.
E. Oscarsborg Fortress
Oscarsborg Fortress is a historic coastal defense fortification in Norway, best known for its role in sinking the German cruiser Blücher during the German invasion of 1940.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jelling stones
Target entity description: The Jelling stones are monumental 10th-century runestones in Denmark that commemorate the unification of Denmark and the Christianization of the Danes.

A. Dazu Rock Carvings
The Dazu Rock Carvings are a renowned series of Chinese religious cliffside sculptures and inscriptions dating from the 9th to 13th centuries, celebrated for their artistic sophistication and integration of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist themes.
B. Coronation Stone
The Coronation Stone is an ancient block of stone in Kingston upon Thames traditionally associated with the crowning of several early English kings.
C. Gamla Uppsala burial mounds
The Gamla Uppsala burial mounds are a group of large, ancient royal grave mounds near Uppsala in Sweden, traditionally associated with early Scandinavian kings and Norse pagan worship.
D. Håkons Hall
Håkons Hall is a large multi-purpose indoor arena in Lillehammer, Norway, best known for hosting ice hockey events during the 1994 Winter Olympics.
E. Oscarsborg Fortress
Oscarsborg Fortress is a historic coastal defense fortification in Norway, best known for its role in sinking the German cruiser Blücher during the German invasion of 1940.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological site ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ runestone ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 965 ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty	House of Knýtlinga ⓘ surface form: House of Gorm
associatedWithPerson	Gorm the Old ⓘ Harold Bluetooth ⓘ surface form: Harald Bluetooth Thyra ⓘ
country	Denmark ⓘ
creator	Gorm the Old ⓘ Harold Bluetooth ⓘ surface form: Harald Bluetooth
culture	Viking Age ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Gorm the Old ⓘ Harold Bluetooth ⓘ surface form: Harald Bluetooth Thyra ⓘ
depicts	Jesus Christ ⓘ surface form: Christ interlaced animal ornamentation ⓘ
function	commemorative monument ⓘ royal monument ⓘ
hasPart	Jelling stones self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gorm’s runestone Jelling stones self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Harald’s runestone
heritageDesignation	UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inception	10th century ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
locatedIn	Jelling ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Vejle Municipality ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Region of Southern Denmark ⓘ
locatedOnContinent	Europe ⓘ
materialUsed	granite ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Jelling ⓘ surface form: Jelling Church Jelling ⓘ surface form: Jelling burial mounds
partOf	Jelling ⓘ surface form: Jelling complex
previousReligionContext	Norse paganism ⓘ
protectedAs	national monument of Denmark ⓘ
religionDepicted	Christianity ⓘ
significance	national symbol of Denmark ⓘ
significantEvent	baptism of Harald Bluetooth ⓘ surface form: Christianization of the Danes unification of Denmark ⓘ
theme	religious conversion ⓘ royal power ⓘ territorial unification ⓘ
timePeriod	Viking Age ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	(iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId	697 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName	Jelling ⓘ surface form: Jelling Mounds, Runic Stones and Church
writingSystem	runic alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Bluetooth → notableWork → Jelling stones ⓘ

Jelling dynasty → knownFor → Jelling stones ⓘ

Jelling dynasty → associatedWith → Jelling stones ⓘ

Jelling stones → hasPart → Jelling stones self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gorm’s runestone

Jelling stones → hasPart → Jelling stones self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harald’s runestone

Jelling → hasPart → Jelling stones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Jelling rune stones

Jelling → hasMonument → Jelling stones ⓘ

this entity surface form: small Jelling stone

Gorm the Old → associatedWith → Jelling stones ⓘ

baptism of Harald Bluetooth → isRelatedTo → Jelling stones ⓘ

this entity surface form: Harald Bluetooth’s rune stone at Jelling