Humlebæk Church (

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: Humlebæk Kirke) is a parish church in

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, som 20 km north of central

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History

Humlebæk was originally located in the vast Asminderød Parish. A

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conducted outdoor services for the residents of Humlebæk and Sletten in Lave Skov and at Sletten School. A group of residents from Asminderød, Grønholt and

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starting working for a new church in Humlebæk in 1866. Ballet master

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was a member of the committee and chamberlain C. Brun from

Krogerup Krogerup Højskole (English: Krogerup Folk High School) is a folk high school located outside Humlebæk in Fredensborg-Humlebæk Municipality north of Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1953, it is based in a former manor house built from 1772 to 177 ...

provided a piece of land and also contributed financially to the project. The architect Frederik Vilhelm Tvede was charged with the design of the new church. The foundation stone was set on 13 June 1868 in the presence of

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and the completed church was already inaugurated on 20 December the same year. The church was initially referred to as "Capellet" (The chapel). The church was on the night between 18 and 18 December 1898 hit by fire. The fire was put out by local fishermen and people from Krogerup. It was badly damaged but reopened on 22 October 1899.

Architecture

The church is built in red brick in Byzantine style. The nave and chancel have

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ed ceilings.

Furnishings

The

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was created by E. Zeuthen Nielsen in 1868. A glass mosaic by Sven Havsteen Mikkelsen representing the battle of light against darkness is located behind the altar. The old

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, an 1868 painting by A. Dorph depicting Christ on the cross, is now located to the north of the altar. The

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was created in 1846 by H. Dalhoff for the Church of the Holy Ghost in Copenhagen. It was donated to Humlebæk Church in 1895. The

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, a 12-gun naval brig, was donated to the church by fisherman and diver Jens Jensen in connection with its inauguration in 1868. The current organ was built by Carsten Lund in 1997.

Churchyard

Notable burials in the surrounding churchyard include: * Charles Brun (1866–1919), politician *

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(1904–1987), civil servant n *

Fritz Brun Fritz Brun (18 August 1878 – 29 November 1959) was a Swiss pianist, conductor and composer of classical music. Life Brun was born in Lucerne. He was a student of Franz Wüllner at the conservatory at Cologne, and studied piano and theory t ...

(1813–1888), politician and landowner *

Ebba Carstensen Ebba Ninna Back Carstensen (23 August 1885 – 13 October 1967) was a Danish painter. Her painting developed from a rather Impressionist style towards Cubism. Biography Born in Västra Kärrstorp near Malmö in Sweden, she was the daughter of a fa ...

(1885–1967), painter * Urban Gad (1879–1947), filmmaker * Viggo Jarl (1879–1965), sculptor * Knud W. Jensen (1916–2000), businessman and museum founder *

Ole Kielberg Ole Beck Kielberg (9 August 1911 – 2 May 1985) was a Danish painter. In the early 1930s, he joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. He is remembered above all for his landscapes of the countryside in th ...

(1911–1985), painter * Knud Kristensen (1880–1962), politician *

Erik Moltke Erik Moltke (4 April 1901 – 19 October 1984) was a Danish runologist, writer, and editor. Through his leadership, the Runologist Section of the National Museum of Denmark became a world centre for the scientific study of runology.Moltke, Erik (19 ...

(1901–1983), writer and runologist *

Elna Møller Elna Møller Moltke (12 December 1913 – 22 May 1994) was a Danish architect and author. Biography Moltke was born at Tange Skovgård in Højbjerg parish, Denmark. She was the daughter of Niels Rasmussen Møller (1880-1950) and Johanne Due ...

(1912–1994), architect and editor * Jens Rosing (1925–2008), illustrator and author * Kristian Vedel (1923–2003), designer *

Peter Zobel Peter Zobel (18 June 1936 – 3 September 2017) was a Danish CEO of the insurance company Codan A/S. He was a lawyer, appointed Hofjægermester by the Royal Danish Court and owner of the estate, Bækkeskov in the south of Zealand. He was al ...

(1936–2017), businessman

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