Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Blátǫnn Gormsson; [2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod. Harald ruled as king of Denmark from c. 958 – c. 986.

2024年1月5日 · Bluetooth, the ubiquitous wireless technology that connects our devices seamlessly, may have a name and logo that seem unrelated to its function, but they actually owe their origin to a 10th-century Viking king, Harald Bluetooth Gormsson.

2023年3月11日 · In the shadows of history for centuries, Harald Bluetooth suddenly became famous when a couple of men dug up his name from the depths of Viking history and gave it to an innovative new technology.

2021年2月19日 · According to one viral social media post, it is named after ancient King Harald "Bluetooth" of Denmark and Norway. "His nickname allegedly comes from the extreme amount of blueberries he ate,...

2023年3月13日 · Unbeknownst to many people, the 21st-century wireless communication technology Bluetooth derived its name from a 10th-century Viking king called Harald Bluetooth. Harald Bluetooth Gormsson, also known as Harald Blåtand Gormsen, reigned over his Danish kingdom from 958 to 986.

2019年7月3日 · Harald Bluetooth (c. 910–c. 987), otherwise known as King Harald I of Denmark, was best known for three major achievements. First, he completed the work of unifying Denmark under a single ruler. Second, he conquered Norway—an event which had …

2023年8月15日 · The story of Harald Gormsson, the King of Denmark and Norway, did not conclude with his death. He is now remembered best as "Harald Bluetooth," apparently, due to a bad tooth. Centuries later, in 1997, the American technology company Intel invented a new type of wireless technology.

2023年11月30日 · Bold and ruthless, King Harald Gormsson gave his name to the wireless technology that unites devices the way he united Scandinavia. A portrait of King Harald Bluetooth at the Roskilde...

2022年8月26日 · King Harald Bluetooth united Norway and Denmark and introduced Christianity to his realm. Bluetooth technology is named after him. But where is this famous king buried? (Austrian National Library) Being an inspiration for wireless technology isn’t the kind of heroic achievement that most Viking rulers could claim credit for in their ancient sagas.

2023年3月24日 · King Harald, reigning in the second half of the 10th century and boasted on the famous Jelling runestone of having conquered all of Denmark and Norway, was also known as “Bluetooth”. Why was he called Harald Bluetooth? The epithet first crops up in the Roskilde Chronicle, written in Latin in c1140.