| St. Luke's Church | |
|---|---|
 St. Luke's Church | |
 St. Luke's Church | |
| 55°40′56.3″N12°32′11″E / 55.682306°N 12.53639°E /55.682306; 12.53639 | |
| Location | 1A Christian Richardts Vej Frederiksberg,Copenhagen |
| Country | Denmark |
| Denomination | Church of Denmark |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Status | Church |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Valdemar Koch |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Neo-Romanesque |
| Groundbreaking | 26 April 1896 |
| Completed | 29 May 1897 |
| Construction cost | DKK 75–80,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Brick |
| Administration | |
| Archdiocese | Diocese of Copenhagen |
St. Luke's Church (Danish: Sankt Lukas Kirke) is aChurch of Denmark church located in theFrederiksberg district ofCopenhagen,Denmark. Completed in 1897 to the design ofValdemar Koch, who also built several other churches in Copenhagen around that time, it is the second-oldest church in Frederiksberg.
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By the late 19th century, the population of Frederiksberg parish had grown to about 60,000 inhabitants. In 1892, a temporary church was therefore consecrated in the former gym hall of a localfolk high school to relieve the pressure onFrederiksberg Church and the youngHarald Ostenfeld, laterBishop of Zealand, was instituted as its first pastor.[1]
At the same time it was decided to divide Frederiksberg into four parishes with St. Luke’s Church as the first of the three new churches to be built. The architectValdemar Koch was charged with the commission. He had already designed two churches in Copenhagen, Kapernaum Church inNørrebro andZion's Church inØsterbro.[1]
Ground was broken on 26 April 1896 and the new church was consecrated on29 May 1897 with Ostenfeld as pastor. The construction costs amounted toDKK 75–80,000.
The church was expanded with a porch in 1964 which was replaced in 1995 by one designed by the firm Per Gents.
St. Luke's is built inNeo-Romanesque style. It stands on a granite plinth, and is built in red brick with ornamental bands. The reliefs and sculptures byThomas Bærentzen are in light-coloured stone. There is aflèche at the west end of the building.
Thebarrel vaulted interior opens into an arcade leading to thesacristy at the eastern end.
The rich interior decorations are partly made to Koch's own design and include "paradise flowers" which can be found in all of Koch’s churches in Copenhagen.
Other decorations include a repetition ofJoakim Skovgaard’s annunciation scene fromChurch of the Holy Ghost around the entrance doors, as well as a relief by Thomas Bærentzen entitledThe Suffering Mankind. On the walls above the windows there are fluttering angels and citations from theGospel of Luke painted byCarl Budtz Møller in 1910.[2]
The church is a parish church within theChurch of Denmark.
