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The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church (Danish: Folkekirken, lit. 'the People's Church', or unofficially den danske folkekirke, 'the Danish People's Church'; Greenlandic: Ilagiit, lit. 'the Congregation'), sometimes called the Church of Denmark, is the established, state-supported church in Denmark. [3]
Frederik's Church (Danish: Frederiks Kirke), popularly known as The Marble Church (Marmorkirken) for its rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Copenhagen, Denmark. The church forms the focal point of the Frederiksstaden district; it is located due west of Amalienborg Palace.
Absalon was the bishop of Roskilde (Zealand), Denmark's capital of that era, and spent most of his life securing Denmark from foreign attacks. He built many churches and monasteries, while also founding Copenhagen as Denmark's Baltic port city. Named archbishop of Lund in 1178, Absalon accepted only under threat of excommunication. St.
Evangelical Lutheran Free Church: 1908 Solbjerg Church: Church of Denmark: 1908: St. Luke's Church ... Church of Denmark: 1896 Valby. Name Denomination Year ...
LUCK — By almost any measure, West Denmark Lutheran Church is a small congregation. About 35 members gather to worship on a typical Sunday. ... Mainline Protestant groups like the Evangelical ...
The Diocese of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Stift) is a diocese within the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark. The Bishop of Copenhagen is currently Peter Skov-Jakobsen, who replaced Erik Normann Svendsen in 2009. [1] The main cathedral of the diocese is the Church of Our Lady in Copenhagen. [2]
According to official statistics from January 2019, 74.7% [10] [11] of the population of Denmark are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark (Den danske folkekirke), the country's state church since the Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein, which is designated "the Danish people's church" by the 1848 Constitution of ...
It is an Evangelical Lutheran church, continuing the Lutheran tradition established during the Protestant Reformation. The church is one of the smallest state churches in the world. [2] Prior to becoming independent on 29 July 2007, it was a diocese of the Church of Denmark, also a Lutheran church.