The Copenhagen Denmark Temple is the 118th operating

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(LDS Church). The Copenhagen Denmark Temple is one of the few temples that have been converted from existing buildings.

History

The building of the temple in

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was announced on March 17, 1999. On April 24, 1999 the site for the temple in

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was dedicated and a groundbreaking ceremony held, with

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presiding. About 700 church members from the area attended the ceremony. As the church had done with the Vernal Utah Temple, the Copenhagen Denmark Temple is a renovation of an existing building, the Priorvej Chapel. This chapel was built by LDS members in 1931 and was dedicated by John A. Widtsoe, a member of the

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. It was built in the Neo-classical style with columns in the front. Most of the renovation of the building was done on the inside. The church wanted to keep the outside looking as it did originally. The Copenhagen Denmark Temple has had a long and full history. The day the chapel was dedicated, June 14, was the eighty-first anniversary of the day that the first

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arrived in

. During

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the chapel was used as a bomb shelter, but the building managed to survive the war with little damage. After World War II the chapel was remodeled to hold more classrooms for the growing membership. As of May 2015, Denmark has a church membership of approximately 4,400."Facts and Statistics: Denmark"
''Mormon Newsroom''. From April 29 through May 15, 2004 an open house was held to let people see the inside of the temple. More than 25,000 people toured the temple during that time. The dedication of the temple was held on Sunday May 23, 2004. More than 4,000 members attended the four dedicatory services held throughout the day. LDS Church president Gordon B. Hinckley gave the dedicatory prayer. The Copenhagen Denmark Temple has a total of , two ordinance rooms, and two sealing rooms."Copenhagen Denmark Temple"
''Mormon Newsroom''. In 2020, the Copenhagen Denmark Temple was closed in response to the

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"All Latter-day Saint temples to close due to coronavirus"
'' The Salt Lake Tribune'', 26 March 2020. Retrieved on 28 March 2020.

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Copenhagen Denmark Temple Official siteCopenhagen Denmark Temple
at ChurchofJesusChristTemples.org {{LDS-Europe, state=expanded 21st-century Latter Day Saint temples Religious buildings and structures in Copenhagen Religious buildings and structures completed in 2004 Temples (LDS Church) in Europe The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Denmark 2004 establishments in Denmark

History

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