How Bluetooth got its name – an interview with Jim Kardach

There&#x27;s a lot of really great stuff in this interview about standardization, motivation, success&#x2F;failure etc.<p>Also I assumed that &quot;How bluetooth got its name&quot; was a clickbait title and there&#x27;d be a two-sentence answer to that someplace in the article. But no, it&#x27;s actually a fun story!

The &quot;viking&quot; on the stone is actually Christ.[0] You could say that Harald Blåtand <i>connected</i> the danish people in Christianity ;)<p>[0] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Harald_Bluetooth" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Jelling_stones#Runestone_of_Ha...</a>

Fun fact: A story about Harold Bluetooth is also the likely original source of the apple shooting portion of the Wilhelm Tell story.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;William_Tell" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;William_Tell</a>

That&#x27;s a great story. Marketing doesn&#x27;t know everything, I guess!

Or for anyone who has already seen Kingsmen:<p>The King of Sweden : Bluetooth technology.<p>Eggsy : Which, of course, got its name from the legendary Danish king Harald Blatand, whose name translates to &#x27;Bluetooth&#x27; in English.<p>[back in England, Roxy is relaying all the information through Eggsy&#x27;s glasses]<p>Roxy : And the Bluetooth logo is his initials in Norse runic symbols.<p>Eggsy : And, as I&#x27;m sure you know, the Bluetooth logo is his initials...<p>Princess Tilde : Yup.<p>Eggsy : ...in Norse runic symbols.

Tom Scott has a good take on King Bluetooth.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=VdmQp9M9jUo</a>

Maybe a word on where Harald Blåtand got his nickname from. He apparently had a dead incisor tooth, which had turned bluegrey.