Cemetery #16843
Holmens Churchyard
Local name: Holmens Kirkegård
Also known as Holmens Church
308
documented records
≈ 980–2,000
approx. capacity (graves)
0.049 km²
cemetery area
Nov 5, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Holmens Kirkegård, also called the Skibskirkegården, is the oldest cemetery still in use in Copenhagen. It lies on Dag Hammarskjölds Allé in Østerbro, next to Garnisons Kirkegård, and belongs to Holmens Kirke. Many well-known Danes and seafarers are buried there.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 55.693100° N, 12.579900° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
Showing the first 50 of 308, A–Z by surname. Search all records
Jacob Aarre 1900 – 1961 - Jørgen Aarre 1938 – 1997
- Ragnhild Aarre 1902 – 1978
Bent Aastrup 1953 – 2009 - Eli Aastrup 1932 – 2010
Jørgen Ahrenkiel 1925 – 1999 
Andrea Albrechtsen 1844 – 1939 
Marie Alstrup 1846 – 1910 - Osvald Alstrup 1881 – 1917
- Valdemar Alstrup 1879 – 1951
Kristen Amborg Hess 1949 – 2014 
Erik Ammendrup 1927 – 1989 
Vera Ammendrup 1919 – 1985 
Dorothea Andersen 1822 – 1900 
Lasse Andersen 1964 – 2015 - Lennart Andersen 1966 – 2016
Ove Andersen 1931 – 1994 
Poul Andersen 1910 – 1984 - Viktoria Andersen 1907 – 1996
Magda Anderson 1901 – 1989 
Grethe Antonsen 1918 – 1996 - Marianne Antonsen 1949 – 2013
- Poul Antonsen 1915 – 1987
Inge Anton Svendsen 1877 – 1956 
Oluf Arntzen 1842 – 1865 
Emilie Bache 1803 – 1880 - Niels Bache 1796 – 1860
Aksel Bach-Nielsen 1919 – 2004 
Elsebeth Bahner 1918 – 2012 
Anthon Bang 1823 – 1897 - Fulter Bang 1912 – 1999
Carl Barnkob 1930 – 1978 - Kate Barnkob 1931 – 2012
Frederikke Berg 1862 – 1936 
Therese Bille 1812 – 1882 
Hansen Birch 1917 – 1996 - Hedvig Birch-Hansen 1920 – 2008
Agnes Bistrup 1849 – 1910 
Mogens Bjørn 1910 – 1995 
Birte Bloch-Christensen 1963 – 2011 
Ole Boberg 1933 – 2014 
Kamma Boëtius 1924 – 2005 - Ronald Boëtius 1918 – 2007
Erik Borg 1943 – 1975 - Kirsten Borg 1917 – 2007
Ellen Børger 1926 – 2000 - Gudmund Børger 1939 – 1996
- Hanne Børger 1951 – 1954
Leif Brandtberg 1950 – 2015 
Thora Bressendorff 1818 – 1889
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Copenhagen Garrison Cemetery 320 m away · Copenhagen · 282 records
- Trinitatis kirke 1.3 km away · Copenhagen
- Copenhagen Jewish North Cemetery 1.4 km away · Copenhagen
- Assistens Churchyard 1.8 km away · Copenhagen · 398 records
- Vor Frelsers Churchyard 3.4 km away · Copenhagen · 98 records
- Frederiksberg Older Churchyard 3.6 km away · Frederiksberg · 285 records
- Mindelunden Memorial Park (Hellerup) 3.8 km away · Copenhagen
- Det store Gravfelt 3.8 km away · Copenhagen
- Bispebjerg Cemetery 4.2 km away · Copenhagen · 266 records
- Lyra Ateistisk Gravplads 4.2 km away · Copenhagen
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Common questions
How big is Holmens Churchyard?
Holmens Churchyard covers about 49,000 m² (12 acres), about the size of 7 soccer fields. It is the 20th largest of the 157 cemeteries we list in Capital Region of Denmark.
What is the oldest grave in this cemetery?
The oldest grave among the records we hold for Holmens Churchyard is that of Ludvig Holm, who died in 1858 at the age of 54.