Helleruplund Church (
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: Helleruplund Kirke) is a
Church of Denmark
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parish church situated at
Bernstorffsvej
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73 in
Hellerup
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Gentofte Municipality
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,
Greater Copenhagen
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. With just over 600 seats, it is the second largest church in the
Diocese of Helsingør
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History
A new church in the Bernstorffsvej area was first proposed in 1940. A committee was put in charge of realizing the project in 1942. A site was also acquired. The chair of the committee was the chaplain from Hellerup Church, Nørup-Nielsen, who would later become the first pastor of Helleruplund Church. He was the one who proposed the name with a reference to the property at Bernstorffsvej 98.
The construction of the church was delayed by
World War II
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and the shortage of building materials that followed after the liberation. Helleruplund Parish was disjoined from those of Hellerup, Dyssegård and Gentofte in 1949. A temporary church was also inaugurated in a wooden building which had been acquired from the Knivholdt Camp at
Frederikshavn
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, dismantled and rebuilt at Bernstorffsvej.
In the early 1950s the plans for a permanent church was finally revived. The church was designed by
Arthur Wittmaack
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and Vilhelm Hvalsøe. The foundation stone was set on 11 Kune 1966 by church minister
Bodil Koch
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and it was inaugurated in December 1956. The temporary church was used as a parish hall until a new one was built.
Architecture
The church is built in red brick and stands on a base of granite. It has a cruciform layout and a canted chancel. The tower stands 42 m tall and has a copper-clad spire sloping shoulders. Its clock was a gift from Superfoss-CEO Vonsild. The church bells were donated by A.P. Møller og hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond. The main entrance, with a granite portal, is set under a carved cross in the bottom of the tower. The four glass paintings in the chancel were created by Poul-Henrik Jensen In 1959 and 1966.
References
External links
Official website{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110131151142/http://nordenskirker.dk/Tidligere/Helleruplund_kirke/Helleruplund_kirke.htm , date=2011-01-31 at Nordiske Kirker
Churches in Gentofte Municipality
1956 establishments in Denmark
Churches completed in 1956
Churches in the Diocese of Helsingør