6
documented records
≈ 5.2k–10k
approx. capacity (graves)
0.260 km²
cemetery area
Oct 27, 2026
last modified
About this cemetery
Mariebjerg Cemetery in Gentofte, north of Copenhagen, was laid out between 1926 and 1933 as a municipal central cemetery, designed by the landscape architect Gudmund Nyeland Brandt, and officially inaugurated on 6 October 1936. It covers about 25 hectares, has no associated church, and has a chapel and crematorium by the architect Frits Schlegel. It is regarded as an important example of European Modernist landscape architecture whose design has inspired other cemeteries. The cemetery's telephone number is +45 39 98 86 00, and you can find out more through gentofte.dk.
Cemetery location
GPS coordinates: 55.759689° N, 12.509178° E Directions in Google Maps (opens in a new tab)
Memorials
6 memorials, A–Z by surname.
Hedwig Christensen 1902 – 1983 - Sofus Christensen 1887 – 1958
Bente Kjær 1952 – 1967 - Karen Kjær 1904 – 1985
- Tage Kjær 1901 – 1976
Helge Vilstrup 1932 – 2012
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Nearby cemeteries
The closest other burial grounds listed on EveryStone.
- Assistens Churchyard 1.5 km away · Kongens Lyngby
- Lyngby Churchyard 1.6 km away · Kongens Lyngby · 25 records
- Gentofte Churchyard 2.3 km away · Gentofte
- Sorgenfri Cemetery 2.6 km away · Sorgenfri
- Lyngby Park Cemetery 3.1 km away · Kongens Lyngby
- Gladsaxe Churchyard 3.7 km away · Gladsaxe · 31 records
- Lundtofte Churchyard 3.9 km away · Lundtofte
- Ordrup Churchyard 4.3 km away · Charlottenlund · 19 records
- Hellerup Kirkegaard 4.4 km away · Hellerup · 268 records
- Bispebjerg Cemetery 5.1 km away · Copenhagen · 266 records
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Common questions
How big is Mariebjerg Cemetery?
Mariebjerg Cemetery covers about 26 hectares (260,000 m²), about 1.5 times the size of Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen. It is the 3rd 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 Mariebjerg Cemetery is that of Sofus Christian Christensen, who died in 1958 at the age of 71.