Danebod is a historic district at the south edge of the railway town of Tyler in southwestern Minnesota. Founded in 1885 by Danish Evangelical Lutherans led by Rev. Hans Jørgen Pedersen, the district
Danebod Folk School, 2018
Danebod was established by Grundtvigians, followers of Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783–1872).
Monument to "Borneskolen" residential school, founded by early settlers of the colony in the Danish tradition of folk high schools, fostering the concept of learning for living.
Danebod Stone Hall was built in 1889 from native field rock hauled in by farmers and split and shaped by Danish stonemason Kristian Klink.
Thyra or Thyri was the wife of King Gorm the Old of Denmark, and one of the first queens of Denmark believed by scholars to be historical rather than legendary. She is presented in medieval sources as
Danebod
…U.S. National Register of Historic Places on June 30, 1975 as the "Danebod Historic Complex". The name "Danebod" honors Denmark's first queen, Queen Thyra Danebod, the consort of tenth-century Danish king Gorm the Old. Queen Thyra is recorded in medieval accounts to have directed the building of the Danevirke, a…
The Jelling 1 stone, commissioned by Thyra's husband Gorm the Old to commemorate her.
The Læborg stone, likely commemorating Queen Thyra, and depicting two Thor's hammers
The Jelling 2 stone, commissioned by Harald Bluetooth in honour of his parents, Thyra and Gorm the Old.
Thyras Høj, a barrow at Jelling, traditionally identified as the grave of Queen Thyra.