The North Germanic tribe of southern Scandinavia first attested in Jordanes' Getica (551 CE), inhabiting Jutland, the Danish isles, and Scania; their royal seat's move to Jelling in the 10th century marks the consolidation into the unified Kingdom of Denmark.
Consolidated into the unified Kingdom of Denmark during the 10th century (traditionally under Gorm the Old / Harald Bluetooth).
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Danes (tribe) — the shape you scrub through changes in 500 · 550 · 700.
Standard survey of Viking-Age Scandinavia including the pre-unification Danes and the emergence of the Danish kingdom.