Anna Church (

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church in the Nørrebro district of

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. It was designed by

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (21 June 1853 – 1 December 1930) was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, generally considered to be one of the most importan ...

, best known for his design of Grundtvig's Church, also in Copenhagen. Built in three stages, it was completed between 1914 and 1928.

History

At the turn of the 20th century the population grew rapidly in Copenhagen and the city authorities decided to employ an assistant pastor to work in the southern part of St. Stephen's Parish, one of the poorest working-class neighbourhoods of the city, until it could be disjoined as an independent parish. In 1907 the Copenhagen Church Trust acquired a cheap plot of land but it proved difficult to raise funds for the building of a church in the poor community. An Anna Committee was therefore set up, consisting of women named Anna from throughout the country, which endorsed everybody named Anna to donate DKK 1 for the project.

was commissioned to make a design in 1911 and it was built from 1913 to 1914. The church is named after

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which was read at the opening on 27 December 1914. After some years the church had become too small and Jensen-Klint was asked to design an extension. Once again the Anna Committee raised the necessary funds. This extension added a parish hall in a lateral which had a gable toward the street. The last extension was carried out from 1924 to 1928 and added a second lateral wing at the other end of the nave.

Architecture

The church consists of three wings built in red brick. The two lateral wings have stepped gables facing the street and flank a U-shaped space in front of the main wing. The roof is of red tiles and has two

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s with the bells. The brickwork is an exemplar of Jensen Klint's style. Image:P.v. jensen-klint 19, anna kirke, 1911-1928..jpg, Facade detail showing Jensen-Klint's characteristic brickwork next to the facade of the neighbouring building Image:Anna(26)Skibet set mod sydøst.JPG, The nave, view toward south-east Image:Anna(10).Skibet set mod nordvest.JPG, The nave, view toward north-west

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