cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries were becoming increasingly unacceptable. Not only was the space becoming limited but it was also deemed unhygienic to conduct burial in the inner-city. The solution was to erect shared cemeteries in the outskirt of a town, named Assisting Cemetery, primarily in larger towns. The first of these in
Nørrebro
Nørrebro (, ) is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark. It is northwest of the city centre, beyond the location of the old Northern Gate (''Nørreport''), which, until dismantled in 1856, was near the current N ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
, was founded by royal resolution on May 26, 1757, and inaugurated November 6, 1760.
Many of the cemeteries original founded in the outskirt of a town, now once again find themselves surrounded by the town, as it has grown over the years.
Assistens Kirkegård has become the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark:
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Birkerød
Birkerød () is a town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is surrounded by several lakes and small woodlands. Birkerød station is located on the Nordbanen, Hillerød radial of the S-train suburban networ ...
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Fredericia
Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region Denmark, Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vej ...
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Haderslev
Haderslev (; ) is a Denmark, Danish town in the Region of Southern Denmark with a population of 22,405 (1 January 2025).Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...
, founded 1757, inaugurated 1760)
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Køge
Køge (, older spelling ''Kjøge'') is a Danish seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (''Bay of Køge'') 39 km southwest of Copenhagen. It is the principal town and seat of Køge Municipality, Region Sjælland (Zealand), Denmark. In 2025, the ...
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Lyngby
Kongens Lyngby (, Danish language, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping stre ...
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Nyborg
Nyborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Nyborg Municipality on the island of Funen and with a population of 17,990 (2025). It is the easternmost settlement on Funen. By road, it is located 34 km east of Odense, 35 km north of ...
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...
, inaugurated 1811)
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Skagen
Skagen () is the northernmost town in Denmark, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in North Denmark Region, Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalbo ...
, inaugurated 1884)
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Assistens Kirkegård
An Assistens Cemetery () is a cemetery that functions as an expansion of another, older cemetery often in relation to a city church.
Already by the end of the 17th century, Danish authorities deemed that the conditions for inner-city cemeteries we ...
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Svendborg
Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,616 (1 January 2025), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city.Assistens Ny Kirkegård (
Nørresundby
Nørresundby () is a city in Aalborg Municipality, north of Limfjorden, in Vendsyssel, in Denmark. The urban area has a population of 24,436 (1 January 2025). It is located just north of Aalborg, which lies south of Limfjorden. Statistically it ...