10th century in Denmark

{{see also|List of legendary kings of Denmark}}

• Gorm the Old, 940–958
• Harald Bluetooth, 940–986
• Sweyn Forkbeard, 986–1014

910s

• 911 – The Vikings settle in Normandy

940s

• 940 – Around this year, Harald Bluetooth becomes king, ruling with his father Gorm the Old.{{cite book|last=Thomas|first=Alastair H.|title=The A to Z of Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MKH4JuPT6boC&pg=PA208|accessdate=2012-10-29|date=2010-05-10|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7205-9|page=208}} Bluetooth will later impose Christianity on his people.{{cite book|author=Fodor's|title=Fodor's Denmark, 5th Edition|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpnfOprt25AC&pg=PA230|accessdate=2012-10-29|date=2006-02-07|publisher=Random House Digital, Inc.|isbn=978-1-4000-1613-6|page=230}}

• 942 – William I, Duke of Normandy offers asylum to Harald, and restores him to his throne by force. William I is assassinated later that year.{{cite book|author=Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)|title=Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ns5PAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA280|accessdate=2012-10-29|year=1839|publisher=C. Knight|page=280}} However, the "Haigrold" described by the chronicler was possibly King Harald Greycloak of Norway or different Viking.{{cite book|last=Kendrick|first=T. D.|title=A History of the Vikings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3Z8NgXgRytUC&pg=PA225|accessdate=2012-10-29|date=2004-04-30|publisher=Courier Dover Publications|isbn=978-0-486-43396-7|page=225}}

• 947 – The Norwegian Eric Bloodaxe is elected King of York. He is deposed when the English king Eadred marches north, and flees to Denmark.

• 949 – Eric Bloodaxe returns from Denmark to England. He will be killed in battle in 952.

950s

• 950 – Gorm the Old conquers most of Denmark.{{cite book|last=Sale|first=Richard|title=Copenhagen and Denmark|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vY9skFF71YIC&pg=PA13|accessdate=2012-10-28|date=February 2007|publisher=New Holland Publishers|isbn=978-1-84537-634-5|page=13}}
• 950 – Denmark under Gorm's son Harald Bluetooth conquers Norway.{{cite book|last=Miller|first=George|title=Lectures on the philosophy of modern history: delivered in the University of Dublin|url=https://archive.org/details/lecturesonphilo04millgoog|accessdate=2012-10-28|year=1820|publisher=Printed by Graisberry and Campbell for J. Murray|page=[https://archive.org/details/lecturesonphilo04millgoog/page/n253 239]}}

• 958 – Gorm the Old dies{{cite book|last=Holman|first=Katherine|title=The A to Z of the Vikings|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DxTGnS3Gr20C&pg=PA105|accessdate=2012-10-28|date=2009-06-30|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-6813-7|page=105}} and Harald Bluetooth becomes sole king, succeeding his father.{{cite book|author=Eur|title=Western Europe 2003|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M9QYndAPmuQC&pg=PA115|accessdate=2012-10-28|date=2002-12-13|publisher=Psychology Press|isbn=978-1-85743-152-0|page=115}}

960s

• c. 965 – Harald Bluetooth raises the larger Jelling Stone, taking credit for the unification of Denmark and Christianizing the Danes.{{cite web|url=http://natmus.dk/en/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetid-800-1050/monumenterne-i-jelling/the-jelling-stone/|title=The Jelling Stones|publisher=National Museum of Denmark|accessdate=2012-10-28|archive-date=2012-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022024054/http://natmus.dk/en/historisk-viden/danmark/oldtid-indtil-aar-1050/vikingetid-800-1050/monumenterne-i-jelling/the-jelling-stone/|url-status=dead}}
• 965 – Tartushi visits Hedeby.{{cite web|url=https://classesv2.yale.edu/access/content/user/haw6/Vikings/al-Tartushi.html|title=al-Tartushi on Hedeby|publisher= Anders Winroth|accessdate=2012-10-29}}

970s

• 970 – the wedding of Harald Bluetooth and Tove of the Obotrites

• 974 – Hedeby falls to the Holy Roman Empire

• 975 – Harald Bluetooth tries to force Christianity upon Haakon Sigurdsson, who then turns against him.

980s

• 980s – Viking raids against England resume during the minority of Æthelred the Unready.{{sfn|Hooper|Bennett|1996|p=35}}
• 980 – Struggling to unite Denmark, Harald Bluetooth builds at least four large circular forts around this time.{{sfn|Gravett|2001|p=128}}
• 980 – Harald Bluetooth builds the first church in Zealand at Roskilde.{{sfn|DK Publishing|2010|p=140}}

• 983 – Hedeby returns to Denmark from the Holy Roman Empire.

• 984 – The ladies of Denmark give their gold and silver ornaments to the Jutlanders in exchange for the release of Sweyn Forkbeard.{{sfn|Anderson|1732|p=418}}

• 987 – Eric the Victorious, king of Sweden, expels Sweyn Forkbeard.{{sfn|Anderson|1732|p=418}}

• 988 – First known mention of Odense in writing.{{cite web|url=http://www.historienshus.dk/odenses%20historie.aspx|title=Odenses historie|language=Danish|publisher=Odense Kommune|accessdate=2012-10-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110717191107/http://www.historienshus.dk/odenses%20historie.aspx|archive-date=2011-07-17|url-status=dead}}
• 988 – Sweyn seizes power from his father, Harald Bluetooth.{{sfn|Richardson|2005|p=28}}

• c. 910 – Gunnhild, Mother of Kings (died c. 980 in Orkney)
• c. 948 – Valtoke Gormsson (died 986 in Sweden)

• c. 960 – Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014 in England)
• c. 990 – Cnut the Great (died 1035 in England)
• c. 997 – Harald II of Denmark (died c. 1018)

• c. 958 – Gorm the Old (born before 900)
• c. 988 – Reginbrand

Citations

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Category:Centuries in Denmark