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Martin's Church ( Danish: Martinskirken), located on Martinsvej in
In 1855 pastor Niels Pedersen Grunnet founded an evangelical-Lutheran congregation in Copenhagen.
The architects Alfred Jensen and August Johansen were commissioned to design a church for the congregation in the mid-1870s and a site was purchased on the east side of Vodroffsvej in Fredeirksberg. The foundation stone was set on 18 March 1877 and the church was consecrated on 19 August that same year. The construction cost was approximately DKK 30,000. Grunnet died in 1897.
The church building was refurbished in 1998–99. Retired American craftsmen from Laborers for Christ (
Evangelical-Lutheran Free Church of Denmark
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Frederiksberg
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, just west of St. Jørgen's Lake, is one of the only two church buildings in the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church in Copenhagen
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, Denmark
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. It was built in 1877 and refurbished in 1998–99. The other church is Gratiakirken (grace church) in AarhuHistory
In 1855 pastor Niels Pedersen Grunnet founded an evangelical-Lutheran congregation in Copenhagen.
The architects Alfred Jensen and August Johansen were commissioned to design a church for the congregation in the mid-1870s and a site was purchased on the east side of Vodroffsvej in Fredeirksberg. The foundation stone was set on 18 March 1877 and the church was consecrated on 19 August that same year. The construction cost was approximately DKK 30,000. Grunnet died in 1897.
The church building was refurbished in 1998–99. Retired American craftsmen from Laborers for Christ (Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod
Lutheranism is a major branch of Protestantism that emerged under the work of Martin Luther, the 16th-century German friar and Protestant Reformers, reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practices of the Catholic Church launched ...
) assisted with the renovation as volunteers.
Architecture
The church is built in red brick and stands on a plinth of granite. The tower as topped by a copper-clad spire and stands 70 feet tall. The barrel vaulted nave has seating for approximately 140. On organ is mounted on the wall above the entrance. Above the chancel is an pol painting of Vhrist.References
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Evangelical-Lutheran Free Church of Denmark
{{Frederiksberg 1855 establishments in Denmark 19th-century Church of Denmark churches Lutheran churches in Copenhagen Religious buildings and structures completed in 1877