St. Mark's Church, Copenhagen

Church in Copenhagen, Denmark

55°40′47.6″N 12°33′9.5″E / 55.679889°N 12.552639°E / 55.679889; 12.552639LocationFrederiksberg, CopenhagenCountryDenmarkDenominationChurch of DenmarkHistoryStatusChurchArchitectureArchitect(s)Carl LendorfArchitectural typeChurchGroundbreaking1900Completed1902SpecificationsMaterialsBrickAdministrationArchdioceseDiocese of Copenhagen

St. Mark's Church (Danish: Sankt Markus Kirke) is a church at the end of Julius Thomsens Plads in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

History

The church was built from 1900 to 1902 to the design of Carl Lendorf. It was consecrated on 9 November 1902 at a ceremony attended by Bishop Kultus Minister J. C. Christensen.

The area was still quite undeveloped on its completion but the surrounding buildings were built from 1903 to 1904 according to a symmetrical plan by Andreas Clemmensen.^[1]

Architecture

The church is a cruciform church built in red brick with inspiration from Byzantine and Romanesque architecture.

Over the main portal there is a mosaic by Oscar Willerup depicting Saint Mark the Evangelist with a quill and a winged lion, his symbol.^[2]

In popular culture

The church is used as a location in the 2003 comedy Se til venstre, der er en svensker.^[3]

References

^ "Skt. Markus Kirke". ibras.ishoejby.dk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-18.
^ "Sankt Markus Kirke 1902". Groundspeak Inc. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
^ "Sankt Marcus Kirke på Frederiksberg". danskefilm.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 16 March 2017.

External links

Official website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sankt Markus Kirke (Frederiksberg).

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v t e Churches in Copenhagen, Denmark
City Centre	St. Alban's Alexander Nevsky Church St. Andrew's St. Ansgar's Christian's Church Christiansborg Chapel Frederik's Church Garrison Church Holmen Church Holy Ghost Jerusalem's Church Our Lady St. Paul's St. Peter's Reformed Church Trinitatis Church
Amager	Dragør Church Hans Tausen's Church Nathanael's Church Philip's Church St. Anne's Church Simon Peter's Church Store Magleby Church Sundby Church
Bispebjerg	Capernaum Church Grundtvig's Church
Brønshøj-Husum
Frederiksberg	Frederiksberg Church Frederiksberg Palace Chapel Godthaab Church Immanuel Church Mariendal Church Solbjerg Church St. Luke's St. Mark's St. Thomas'
Nørrebro	Anna Church Bethlehem Church Brorson's Church Holy Cross Church St. John's St. Stephen's
Valby	Jesus Church
Vesterbro/Kgs. Enghave	Christ Church Elijah's Church St. Mathew's
Østerbro	Church of the Free Port Isaiah Church Kildevæld Church St. Augustine's Church St. James's Swedish Gustaf's Church Zion's Church
Surroundings	Bagsværd Church Roskilde Cathedral