St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør

Saint Olaf's Church is the cathedral church of in the north of , . With a history going back to around 1200, the present building was completed in 1559.
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Lutheran
  • Description: cathedral in Helsingør, Denmark
  • Also known as: “Sankt Olai Kirke” and “St Olaf’s Church”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Helsingør City Museum and Skibsklarerergaarden.

Museum
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is a local history museum in . The 16th-century building in which it is based is known as the Cammelite House although the from the adjacent Priory of Our Lady have in fact only built a minor part of the build. is situated 120 metres northwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør.

Museum
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, literally "The Ship Handler's House"), is a historic house museum and listed building situated on Strandgade in , . is situated 120 metres southeast of St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør.

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Lightvessel No. XVII Gedser Rev is a decommissioned lightvessel built in 1895, now serving as a museum ship in , , having formerly been stationed in the in . is situated 260 metres northeast of St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingo Houses and Snekkersten.

Neighborhood
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is a housing development designed by architect Jørn Utzon in , . The development consists of 60 L-shaped houses based upon the design of traditional Danish farmhouses with central courtyards and those of Chinese and Islamic dwellings.

Village
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is a former fishing village and current neighbourhood in the southern part of , Denmark. station is an interchange between the Coast Line between and the Lille Nord railway to . is situated 3½ km southwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør.

Hamlet
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is a former village and current neighbourhood located in the southern part of , . It is located between to the north and to the south and belongs to Snekkersten postal district. is situated 5 km southwest of St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør.

St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør

Latitude
56.0357° or 56° 2′ 9″ north
Longitude
12.61406° or 12° 36′ 51″ east
Named after
Olaf II of Norway
Open location code
9F8J2JP7+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 113512470
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­cathedral
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­lutheran
Wiki­data ID
Q2061425
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Western Frisian—“St. Olaf’s Church, Helsingør” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “catedral de Sant Olaf”
  • Danish: “Helsingør Domkirke”
  • Danish: “Sanct Anna Gade 12”
  • Danish: “Sankt Olai Kirke”
  • Danish: “Skt. Olai Kirke”
  • Dutch: “Domkerk Sint-Olaf (Helsingor)”
  • Dutch: “Domkerk Sint-Olaf”
  • Finnish: “Helsingörin tuomiokirkko”
  • Finnish: “Helsingørin tuomiokirkko”
  • Finnish: “Sankt Olai Kirke”
  • French: “cathédrale Saint-Olaf d’Elseneur”
  • French: “Cathédrale Saint-Olaf d’Elseneur”
  • German: “Dom zu Helsingør”
  • German: “St Olaf’s Kirche”
  • German: “St.-Olai-Dom”
  • Italian: “cattedrale di Sant’Olav”
  • Italian: “Cattedrale di Sant’Olav”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sankt Olai Kirke”
  • Polish: “Katedra św. Olafa w Helsingør”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de Santo Olavo”
  • Portuguese: “Catedral de São Olaf”
  • Russian: “Собор Хельсингёра”
  • Russian: “Церковь Святого Олафа”
  • Slovenian: “helsingørska katedrala”
  • Slovenian: “helsingørska stolnica”
  • Slovenian: “katedrala sv. Olafa”
  • Slovenian: “katedrala v Helsingørju”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica sv. Olafa”
  • Slovenian: “stolnica v Helsingørju”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de Elsinor”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Olaf de Elsinor”
  • Spanish: “Catedral de San Olaf”
  • Swedish: “Helsingörs domkyrka”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Olai Kirke”
  • Swedish: “Sankt Olai kyrka”
  • Western Frisian: “Domtsjerke fan Helsingør”

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