Assistens Cemetery

Assistens Cemetery (Assistens Kirkegård) is located in a large park in the Nørrebro section of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was founded in 1711, and is the largest cemetery in the city. It is sometimes called the Nørrebro Cemetery. It is a popular place for people to take a stroll to look at the old graves and monuments, and to have a picnic. A flea market operates along its walls every Saturday from May to October.

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Nørrebro - Copenhagen - Denmark - 1711 - Flea market

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Some of the notables interred here include several African-American jazz musicians who made Copenhagen their home.

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African-American - Jazz musician

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• Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1743-1809), painter
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), writer
• Niels Bohr (1885-1962), Scientist
• Richard B. Boone (1930-1999), American jazz musician
• August Bournonville (1805-1879), ballet dancer, choreographer
• Kenny Drew (1928-1993), American jazz pianist
• Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853), painter
• Henry Heerup (1907-1993), painter, sculptor
• Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855), existentialist philosopher
• Christen Købke (1819-1848), painter
• Lauritz Melchior (1890-1973), opera singer
• Martin Andersen Nexø (1869-1954), novelist
• Regine Olsen (1822-1904)
• P.C. Skovgaard (1817-1875), painter
• Georges Ulmer (1919-1989), composer, singer of French music
• Ben Webster (1909-1973), American jazz musician
• Johannes Wiedewelt (1731-1802), neoclassical sculptor, created many monuments at this cemetery
• Hans Christian Ørsted (1777-1851), scientist
 
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