Sorgenfri Cemetery Explained

Sorgenfri Cemetery (Danish. Sorgenfri Kirkegård) 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.^[1]

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
	1901–1973	writer,linguist	Ref
	1919–1999	Architect	Ref
	1926–1984	Furniture designer	Ref
	1906–1988	Illustrator	Ref
	1890–1979	Bishop	Ref
	1926–2008	Politician	Ref
	1889–1961	Botanist	Ref
	1911–2008	Publisher and writer	Ref
	1911–1998	Architect	Ref
	1883–1957	Painter	Ref
	1897–1965	Fencer	Ref
	1918–2002	Businessman, civil engineer and writer	Ref
	1894–1969	Illustrator	Ref
	1908–1983	Illustrator, cartoonist and composer	Ref
	1922–2011	Politician	Ref
	1930–2012	Actress	Ref
	1895–1967	Illustrator and painter	Ref
	1745–1827	Politician	Ref
	1870–1942		Ref
	1881–1958	archaeologist and naval officer	Ref
	1953–2006	Director-General of DSB	Ref
	1922–2013	Economist and National Statistician	Ref
	1858–1938	Painter and sculptor	Ref
	1952–2014	Archeologist and food historian	Ref
	1952–2014	Pianist and composer	Ref
	1873–1963	Sculptor	Ref
	1874–1954	Sculptor	Ref

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lottenborg. Danish. Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. 15 February 2017.