Solvang Church

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Solvang Church
Solvang Parish Church
Solvang Kirke
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Solvang Church
Location Copenhagen
Country Denmark
Denomination Church of Denmark
Membership60% of parish residents
Website Church website
History
StatusActive
Consecrated 26 September 1976
Architecture
Functional status Parish Church
Architect(s) Holger Jensen
Completed1976
Administration
Diocese Copenhagen
Parish Solvang
Clergy
Bishop(s) Peter Skov-Jakobsen
Pastor(s) Jens Henrik Jakobsen
Laity
Organist(s) Inger Marie Riis

Solvang Church (Solvang Kirke) is a church in the Amager district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

It was built between 1975 and 1976 on designs of architect Holger Jensen. It consists of a complex of box-shaped buildings, which also includes a parish hall and a confirmation halls. The church was renovated externally between 1998 and 1999, and inside between 2003 and 2005. [1]

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References

  1. "Solvang Kirke". Kort til Kirken (in Danish).

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