Sorgenfri Cemetery
Sorgenfri Cemetery is a municipal cemetery operated by Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in Sorgenfri in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.
History
The cemetery was established in 1903. It has later been expanded several times.Description
The main entrance to the oldest section of the cemetery is located at Lottenborgvej, just west of Lottenborg Inn. Just inside the cemetery is a chapel from 1905. In front of the chapel is a statue of a mourning woman. It was created by the sculptor Olga Wagner. Together with her husband, the sculptor Siegfried Wagnerm she lived in a house across the street from the cemetery entrance.List
Interment | Lived | Profession | Ref |
Arthur Arnholtz | 1901–1973 | writer,linguist | |
Jørgen Bo | 1919–1999 | Architect | |
Sven Sophus Elskær | 1926–1984 | Furniture designer | |
Kaj Engholm | 1906–1988 | Illustrator | |
Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard | 1890–1979 | Bishop | |
Mogens Glistrup | 1926–2008 | Politician | |
Olaf Hagerup | 1889–1961 | Botanist | |
Niels Helweg-Larsen | 1911–2008 | Publisher and writer | |
Svend Høhsbro | 1911–1998 | Architect | |
Aksel Jørgensen | 1883–1957 | Painter | |
Erik Kofoed-Hansen | 1897–1965 | Fencer | |
Claus Kähler | 1918–2002 | Businessman, civil engineer and writer | |
Aage Lippert | 1894–1969 | Illustrator | |
Aage Lundvald | 1908–1983 | Illustrator, cartoonist and composer | |
Ivar Nørgaard | 1922–2011 | Politician | |
Kirsten Passer | 1930–2012 | Actress | |
Mikael Pasternak | 1895–1967 | Illustrator and painter | |
Erik Piper | 1745–1827 | Politician | |
Carl Schepler | 1870–1942 | Merchant and founder of the Irma | |
Erik Seidenfaden | 1881–1958 | archaeologist and naval officer | |
Keld Sengeløv | 1953–2006 | Director-General of DSB | |
Niels Verner Skak-Nielsen | 1922–2013 | Economist and National Statistician | |
Niels Skovgaard | 1858–1938 | Painter and sculptor | |
Bi Skaarup | 1952–2014 | Archeologist and food historian | |
Thorkil Vesth | 1952–2014 | Pianist and composer | |
Olga Wagner | 1873–1963 | Sculptor | |
Sigfried Wagner | 1874–1954 | Sculptor |