• General Notes

  Having stumbled across your website, I venture to mention that thecorrect
  naming of this danish king is "Gorm den Gamle", meaning literally Gormthe
  Old. It may interest you to know that during an excavation of theinterior
  of Jelling parish church (in the peninsula of Jutland) in the late70's,
  archaeologists found what is generally taken to be King Gorm's mortal
  remains, namely a heap of bones wrapped in what was once a preciouscloth,
  held together by a silver-studded belt.
  
  Current theory is that (heathen) King Gorm was buried according to the
  customs at the time, in a huge burial mound at Jelling. Then when hisson
  Harald, called Harald Blaatand (bluetooth), introduced Christianity in
  Denmark and had the church built at Jelling, close to the burialmound, he
  ordered his fathers remains moved into the church and buried under the
  floor, as was the tradition for centuries. In this way, even if hecouldn't
  convert his father to the new religion, he could still hope thatsalvation
  and eternal life might be bestowed upon him by the grace of God.
  
  After the skeleton parts have been examined and the excavation of thechurch
  has been completed, a small box/coffin containing the presumed royalremains
  has been placed under the church floor once again, so the old king may
  continue his long rest where he was laid by his son.
  
  King Harald's burial place? I've seen in some genealogical websitesthat he
  is supposed to be buried in the Roskilde Cathedral where generationsof
  danish royalty have found their final resting place. Problem is, the
  cathedral didn't exist at the time. So no, he is not to be found at
  Roskilde, and so far he hasn't been located elsewhere, either.
  
  Kind regards - Rolf Jonshoej

Details of Gorm's family with Thyra Haraldsdatter of Jutland