04-11-07-b3-copie 2 Jørlunde kirke (Frederikssund)

Jørlunde is a village with a population of 299 (1 January 2022) in North Zealand in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

. In the late Viking age and early medieval age, Jørlunde was the center of the

Hvide Hvide (English: ''Whites'') was a medieval Danish clan, and afterwards in early modern era a Danish noble surname of presumably one surviving branch of leaders of that clan. Before the 16th century it was not used as a surname. It signified th ...

clan. Jørlunde Church (''Joerlunde Kirke'') was erected by

Skjalm Hvide Skjalm Hvide (before 1045 – c. 1113), was the Earl of Zealand in Denmark in the end of the Viking Age (793–1066) and up to his death. Skjalm's father was Toke Trylle, whose father was ''Slag'' (or ''Slau'', or he may have been called by bo ...

around the year 1100.

References

External links

Jørlunde Church website
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