Our Saviour's Cemetery, Copenhagen
 View from the centre of the cemetery, looking north | |
| Details | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1790 |
| Location | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Coordinates | 55°39′54″N 12°36′3″E / 55.66500°N 12.60083°E |
| Size | ? |
Our Saviour's Cemetery (Danish: Vor Frelsers Kirkegård) is located at the corner of Amagerbrogade and in Copenhagen, Denmark.
History[]
Our Saviour's Church was originally surrounded by a graveyard.
The current Our Saviour's Cemetery was established in 1790 since the existing cemeteries in Christianshavn were no longer able to cope with the number of burials. In 1853, as a consequence of the , all inner city burials were prohibited.[1]
Design[]
The brick wall that surrounds the cemetery dates from 1927. A new administration building was inaugurated in 2011. The cemetery was refurbished in 2015. A cobbled area surrounded by benches was established in the centre of the cemetery where its two principal avenues crosses each other.
Burials[]
- Ole Brask (1935-2009), photographer
- Edel Bærskog (1920-2015), painter[citation needed]
- (1935-1975), jazz musician
- (1880-1960), film actress,
- Jørgen Kiil, film actor
- Jesper Klein (1944-2001), actor and entertainer
- Henry Lohmann (1924-1967), actor
- (1946-2001), film actress
- Svend Pri (1946-1983), badminton player
- Henrik Sandberg (1919-1993), film producer
- Christian Wilhelm Schultz-Lorentzen[citation needed]
- Gunnar Strømvad (1908-1972), actor
- (1935-1992), poet, choreographer and musician
- Eva-Maria Wiehe (1919-2012), illustrator[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ "Vor Frelsers Kirkegård" (in Danish). Vor Frelsers Sogn. Archived from the original on 31 July 2010. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
External links[]
Categories:
- Cemeteries in Copenhagen
- 1790 establishments in Denmark