- As one of the city’s most impressive structures, Grundtvig’s Church offers a lot of interesting facts and unique experiences for visitors.
- Grundtvig’s Church, or also known as Grundtvigs Kirke in Danish, is an architectural masterpiece and a symbol of Danish cultural history.
- dam-images-daily-2014-06-tae-grundtvig-church-grundtvig-church-copenhagen-02-exterior.jpg. Detail of the front entry façade with wood doors.
- The Grundtvig Church is named after the Danish theologian, famous theologian and clergyman Nikolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig.
- Expressionist architecture, as seen in Grundtvig’s Church, often features dramatic forms, exaggerated proportions, and innovative use of materials.
- As Grundtvig’s beliefs were not characterized by a pronounced worship of God, neither is this church showered with crosses nor painting of the Virgin Mary.
- The expressionist Grundtvigs Kirke combining brick gothic church architecture with modern style elements is a short bus ride from central Copenhagen.
- Once Grundtvig’s Church was completed in 1940 after 19 years of work, Kaare Klint decided that the church deserved new chairs.
- Located in Copenhagen, Denmark Grundtvig’s Church referred to as a Gothic cathedral, but it is a fine piece of expressionist architecture.