Sorgenfri Cemetery
Sorgenfri Cemetery (Danish. Sorgenfri Kirkegård) is a municipal cemetery operated by Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Sorgenfri in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History[]
The cemetery was established in 1903. It has later been expanded several times.[1]
Description[]
The main entrance to the oldest section of the cemetery is located at Lottenborgvej, just west of Lottenborg Inn. Just inside the cemetery is a chapel from 1905. In front of the chapel is a statue of a mourning woman. It was created by the sculptor Olga Wagner. Together with her husband, the sculptor Siegfried Wagnerm she lived in a house across the street from the cemetery entrance.
List[]
Interment | Lived | Profession | Ref |
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1901–1973 | writer,linguist | Ref | |
1919–1999 | Architect | Ref | |
1926–1984 | Furniture designer | Ref | |
1906–1988 | Illustrator | Ref | |
Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard | 1890–1979 | Bishop | Ref |
Mogens Glistrup | 1926–2008 | Politician | Ref |
Olaf Hagerup | 1889–1961 | Botanist | Ref |
1911–2008 | Publisher and writer | Ref | |
1911–1998 | Architect | Ref | |
Aksel Jørgensen | 1883–1957 | Painter | Ref |
Erik Kofoed-Hansen | 1897–1965 | Fencer | Ref |
1918–2002 | Businessman, civil engineer and writer | Ref | |
1894–1969 | Illustrator | Ref | |
Aage Lundvald | 1908–1983 | Illustrator, cartoonist and composer | Ref |
Ivar Nørgaard | 1922–2011 | Politician | Ref |
Kirsten Passer | 1930–2012 | Actress | Ref |
1895–1967 | Illustrator and painter | Ref | |
1745–1827 | Politician | Ref | |
1870–1942 | Merchant and founder of the Irma | Ref | |
Erik Seidenfaden | 1881–1958 | archaeologist and naval officer | Ref |
1953–2006 | Director-General of DSB | Ref | |
1922–2013 | Economist and National Statistician | Ref | |
Niels Skovgaard | 1858–1938 | Painter and sculptor | Ref |
Bi Skaarup | 1952–2014 | Archeologist and food historian | Ref |
1952–2014 | Pianist and composer | Ref | |
Olga Wagner | 1873–1963 | Sculptor | Ref |
1874–1954 | Sculptor | Ref |
References[]
- ^ "Lottenborg". Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality (in Danish). Retrieved 15 February 2017.
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- Cemeteries in Copenhagen
- 1903 establishments in Denmark
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