#grundtvig

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Niels Ebbesen was a member of the Danish lower gentry, and is remembered to this day for starting a rebellion against the German Count Gerhard who ruled half of Denmark in the mid 14th Century.

On April 1, 1340 Niels Ebbesen entered the home in Randers of “Den Kullede Greve” (The Bald Count) as Gerhard was popularly known and cut off his head - “above the bed post” - while the Count was saying his evening prayers.

This event sparked off a peasant revolt against the German rulers and their taxation scheme (there was no unified Danish king in those decades since all of the land was pawned to Germans), but it didn’t go so well for Niels Ebbesen.

His army was cornered near Skanderborg in November 1340 and he was slaughtered with all his men. His corpse was drawn and quartered and put on display, but his surviving supporters stole it and transported it to Vestervig Church where the family plot was situated.

I live 4 miles from that church and often visit the medieval cemetery there. Niels Ebbesen quickly became a national hero and a gathering point for all future Danish-German conflicts (of which there have been many). A folk ballad from the 16th Century, a song by N.F.S. Grundtvig, and a WWII play by Kaj Munk are but some of the texts that have celebrated brave Squire Niels of Thy.

Of course Ebbesen has also been celebrated in art. This canvas is by Agnes Slott-Møller, 1893-4 and is found at Randers Art Museum.

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Grundtvig

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Grundtvig

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Copenhagen, 2016

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Grundtvigs Kirke

Coppenhagen, Denmark

Architect • Peder Jensen-Klint

1965 Marcussen & Søn

Manuals • 4

Stops • 59

Pipes • 4030

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L'église de Grundtvig à Copenhague, au Danemark. Construite avec environ six millions de briques jaunes, cette église associe les proportions des cathédrales gothiques à la géométrie épurée de l'expressionnisme danois. Son immense intérieur en brique transforme un matériau simple en une œuvre presque monumentale. Conçue par P.V. Jensen-Klint, l'église a été achevée en 1940 par son fils, Kaare Klint.

🇬🇧 English

Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen, Denmark. Built from around 6 million yellow bricks, the church combines Gothic cathedral proportions with the clean geometry of Danish Expressionism. Its towering brick interior turns simple material into something almost monumental. Designed by P.V. Jensen-Klint, the church was completed in 1940 by his son, Kaare Klint.

🇯🇵 日本語

デンマーク・コペンハーゲンのグルントヴィ教会。 約600万個の黄色いレンガで建てられたこの教会は、ゴシック大聖堂の壮大なプロポーションと、デンマーク表現主義の端正で洗練された幾何学的デザインを融合させています。 そびえ立つレンガ造りの内部空間は、素朴な建材をほとんど記念碑的ともいえる存在へと昇華させています。 設計はP.V.イェンセン＝クリントによるもので、1940年に息子のコーレ・クリントによって完成しました。

🇳🇴 Norsk (bokmål)

Grundtvigs kirke i København, Danmark. Kirken er bygget av rundt seks millioner gule murstein og kombinerer proporsjonene til en gotisk katedral med den rene geometrien i dansk ekspresjonisme. Det høye mursteinsinteriøret forvandler et enkelt byggemateriale til noe nesten monumentalt. Kirken ble tegnet av P.V. Jensen-Klint og fullført i 1940 av sønnen hans, Kaare Klint.

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Iglesia de Grundtvig en Copenhague, Dinamarca 🇩🇰