Capital Region
Copenhagen municipality
Bispebjerg

Grundtvig’s Church

Grundtvig's Church is located in the district of , Denmark. It is a rare example of expressionist church architecture. Due to its originality, it is one of the best known churches in the city.
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Wednesday and Friday—Saturday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
    Thursday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: church in Copenhagen
  • Also known as: “Grundtvigs Kirke”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Dansekapellet and Bispebjerg Hospital.

Community center
Photo: Ramblersen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a community center, which is situated 220 metres west of Grundtvig’s Church.

Hospital
Photo: Karen Mardahl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is one of the hospitals in the Capital Region of Denmark. Along with a number of other hospitals and the University of Copenhagen, forms part of the Copenhagen University Hospital. is situated 470 metres southeast of Grundtvig’s Church.

Cemetery
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, established in 1903 on the moderately graded north slope of , is the newest of five municipal cemeteries in , . is situated 530 metres west of Grundtvig’s Church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bispebjerg and Emdrup.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.0.
, more commonly referred to as Nordvest, is one of the 10 official districts of in the city of Copenhagen in .

Quarter
Photo: Dannebrog Spy, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighbourhood straddling the border between the and district of , . It is located between Utterslev Mose in the west and the Helsingør Motorway in the east, just south of the border with and .

Quarter
is a neighbourhood in the district of , Denmark. is centered on Torv and is most known for the Mose marshland which straddles the border with to the north.

Grundtvig’s Church

Latitude
55.71658° or 55° 42′ 60″ north
Longitude
12.53389° or 12° 32′ 2″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Inception
1940
Named after
Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig
Open location code
9F7JPG8M+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25523430
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
3213245
Wiki­data ID
Q650849
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Grundtvig’s Church” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كنيسة جروندفيج”
  • Basque: “Grundtvig eliza”
  • Belarusian: “Царква Грунтвіга”
  • Catalan: “església de Grundtvig”
  • Catalan: “Església de Grundtvig”
  • Chinese: “管风琴教堂”
  • Czech: “Grundtvigs Kirke”
  • Danish: “Grundtvigs Kirke”
  • Danish: “Grundtvigskirken”
  • Dutch: “Grundtvigskerk”
  • Esperanto: “Preĝejo de Grundtvig”
  • Estonian: “Grundtvigi kirik”
  • Finnish: “Grundtvig’n kirkko”
  • Finnish: “Grundtvigin kirkko”
  • French: “église de Grundtvig”
  • French: “Église de Grundtvig”
  • German: “Grundtvigskirche”
  • Hebrew: “כנסיית גרונדטוויג”
  • Icelandic: “Kirkja Grundtvigs”
  • Indonesian: “Gereja Grundtvig”
  • Interlingua: “Ecclesia de Grundtvig”
  • Italian: “chiesa di Grundtvig”
  • Italian: “Chiesa di Grundtvig”
  • Japanese: “グルントヴィークス教会”
  • Latin: “Ecclesia Grundtvig”
  • Lithuanian: “Grundtvig bažnyčia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Grundtvigs kirke”
  • Norwegian: “Grundtvigs kirke”
  • Russian: “Церковь Грундтвига”
  • Sicilian: “Cresia di Grundtvig”
  • Spanish: “iglesia de Grundtvig”
  • Spanish: “Iglesia de Grundtvig”
  • Swedish: “Grundtvigs Kirke”
  • Swedish: “Grundtvigs kyrka”
  • Western Frisian: “Grundtvigstsjerke”
  • Wu Chinese: “管风琴教堂”

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