St. Mark's Church (
Danish: ''Sankt Markus Kirke'') is a church at the end of
Julius Thomsens Plads in the
Frederiksberg
Frederiksberg () is a part of the Capital Region of Denmark. It is an independent municipality, Frederiksberg Municipality, separate from Copenhagen Municipality, but both are a part of the region of Copenhagen. It occupies an area of less tha ...
district of
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
,
Denmark
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.
History
The church was built from 1900 to 1902 to the design of
Carl Lendorf
Carl William Frederik Lendorf (13 December 183929 September 1918) was a Danish architect and Historicism, historicist who worked primarily in Odense. He also designed Copenhagen's 1898 St. Thomas' Church, Copenhagen, St Thomas' Church.
Biography
H ...
. It was consecrated on 9 November 1902 at a ceremony attended by Bishop
Kultus Minister J. C. Christensen
Jens Christian Christensen (21 November 1856 – 19 December 1930), most often called J. C. Christensen with the 'J' pronounced as an 'I', was a Danish politician.
Biography
Christensen was born into a West Jutland peasant family and start ...
.
The area was still quite undeveloped on its completion but the surrounding buildings were built from 1903 to 1904 according to a symmetrical plan by
Andreas Clemmensen
Andreas Clemmensen (7 August 1852 – 5 December 1928) was a Danish architect and royal building inspector.
Early life and education
Clemmensen was born on 7 August 1852 in Leck, Duchy of Schleswig, the son of Carl Frederik Clemmensen and Charlo ...
.
Architecture
The church is a
cruciform church built in red brick with inspiration from
Byzantine
The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the Western Roman E ...
and
Romanesque architecture
Romanesque architecture is an architectural style of medieval Europe that was predominant in the 11th and 12th centuries. The style eventually developed into the Gothic style with the shape of the arches providing a simple distinction: the Ro ...
.
Over the main portal there is a mosaic by Oscar Willerup depicting
Saint Mark the Evangelist
Mark the Evangelist ( Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Mârkos''), also known as John Mark ( Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Μᾶρκος, romanized: ''Iōánnēs Mârkos;'' Aramaic'': ܝܘܚܢܢ, romanized: Yōḥannān'') or Saint Mark ...
with a
quill
A quill is a writing tool made from a moulted flight feather (preferably a primary wing-feather) of a large bird. Quills were used for writing with ink before the invention of the dip pen/metal-Nib (pen), nibbed pen, the fountain pen, and, event ...
and a winged lion, his
symbol
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.
In popular culture
The church is used as a location in the 2003 comedy ''
Se til venstre, der er en svensker''.
See also
*
Brorson's Church
References
External links
Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Mark's Church, Copenhagen
Churches completed in 1902
Churches in the Diocese of Copenhagen
Lutheran churches in Copenhagen
20th-century Church of Denmark churches