Tove of the Obotrites, also called ''Tova'', ''Tofa'' or ''Thora'', (10th century) was a Slavic princess and a Danish Viking Age queen consort, the spouse of King Harald Bluetooth. Tofa, her name carved in runes as ᛏᚢᚠᛅ'','' was the daughter of Prince Mistivir of the Obotrites, a region also known as

Wendland The Wendland is a region in Germany on the borders of the present states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt. Its heart is the Hanoverian Wendland in the county of Lüchow-Dannenberg in Lower Saxony. In 2 ...

. She married King Harald in January 963. It is not known whether she had any children or not, though some speculation has surrounded her as Sveyn Forkbeard's mother. She had the

Sønder Vissing Runestone Sønder Vissing I or DR 55 is a runestone located in the church of Sønder Vissing in eastern Jutland, Denmark. Sønder Vissing is a small settlement located in Horsens municipality approximately south of Silkeborg, west of Skanderborg and nort ...

carved in memory of her mother.Danske runeinskrifter, DR 55 (MJy 98)
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Danish royal consorts Harald Bluetooth Norwegian royal consorts 10th-century births Year of death unknown Obotrites House of Knýtlinga 10th-century Danish people 10th-century Danish women 10th-century Norwegian people 10th-century Norwegian women {{Europe-royal-stub