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Ordrup Cemetery

Ordrup Cemetery
Details
Established 1892
Location Ordrup, Gentofte Municipality Copenhagen
Country Denmark
Coordinates 55°43′54″N 12°33′33″E / 55.73167°N 12.55917°E / 55.73167; 12.55917
Type Municipal
Owned by Gentofte Municipality
Size 5.74 hectares

Ordrup Cemetery (Danish: Ordrup Kirkegård) is a cemetery in Ordrup in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the principal cemetery for the district of Skovshoved, Ordrup and Charlottenlund /the parishes of Ordrup and Skovshoved).

The cemetery was created in 1892. The first burial took place on 22 July 1892. Gudmund Nyeland Brandt was gardener at the cemetery from 1901 to 1927. It wwas expanded in 1945.

The chapel was designed by Edvard Thomsen. The relief above the main entrance was created by Einar Utzon-Frank.

The chapel was designed by Andreas Clemmensen and completed in 1914. It has now been closed due to limited use.


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