St. Mark's Church, Copenhagen

St. Mark's Church
Sankt Markus Kirke
St. Mark's Church seen from Julius Thomsens Plads
55°40′47.6″N 12°33′9.5″E
Location	Frederiksberg, Copenhagen
Country	Denmark
Denomination	Church of Denmark
History
Status	Church
Architecture
Architect(s)	Carl Lendorf
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1900
Completed	1902
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Archdiocese	Diocese 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

Photo from the opening in 1902

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]

See also

• Brorson's Church

References

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

External links

• Official website