Sorø Old Cemetery (

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: Sorø Gamle Kirkegård), owned by Sorø Academy, is one of the oldest cemeteries still in use in

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History

It opened in connection with the establishment of

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in the second half of the 12th century. The cemetery was expanded to four times its original size in the beginning of the 19th century. It was refurbished in 1940–1944.

Burials

* Thøger Binneballe (1818–1900),architect active in Norway * Jacob Hornemann Bredsdorff (1799–1841), polymath, natural scientist, linguist * Bartholomæus Hoff (1840–1912), rector * Bernhard Severin Ingemann * Lucie Ingemann *

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* Frederik Martin * Christian Molbech *

Carl Emil Mundt Carl Emil Mundt (4 April 1802 – 22 December 1873) was a Denmark, Danish educator and politician. He was a member of the 1848 Danish Constituent Assembly, representing Sorø. He was the father of painter Emilie Mundt. Early life and education M ...

* Siegfred Neuhaus (1879–1955), painter * Hans Palludan Rasmussen *

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* Andreas Schytte * Christian Ludvig Stemann * Poul Hagerup Tregder * Hans Ussing * Henrik Ussing * Palle Wodschow

References

Buildings and structures in Sorø Municipality Cemeteries in Denmark {{Denmark-geo-stub