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Church of Denmark

Evangelical-Lutheran denomination in Denmark
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Church of Denmark
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Summary

Church of Denmark is a state church[1].

Key Facts

  • Member of: World Council of Churches[2], Porvoo Communion[3], Conference of European Churches[4], National Council of Churches in Denmark[5], Lutheran World Federation[6], Communion of Protestant Churches in Europe[7]
  • Religion or worldview: Lutheranism[8]
  • Country: Denmark[9], Greenland[10]
  • Instance of: national Church[11], subject heading[12]
  • Part of: Lutheran Churches[13], Protestantism in Denmark[14]
  • Inception: 1536[15]
  • Separated from: Catholic Church[16]
  • Official website: http://www.folkekirken.dk[17]
  • Member count: 4,276,271[18]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[19]

Related Entities

Alexandra Manley, Countess of Frederiksborg Anker Jørgensen Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark Christian IX of Denmark Count Nikolai of Monpezat Denmark Frederick VII of Denmark Frederik X of Denmark Greenland Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark Lars Mikkelsen Margrethe II of Denmark Prince Joachim of Denmark Prince Knud of Denmark Princess Isabella of Denmark Princess Josephine of Denmark Princess Marie of Denmark Prince Vincent of Denmark Queen Anne-Marie of Greece Queen Mary of Denmark

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . retsinformation.dk. retsinformation.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . retsinformation.dk. retsinformation.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . oikoumene.org. Retrieved . oikoumene.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . folkekirken.dk. folkekirken.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . folkekirken.dk. folkekirken.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18w ago · Nw520 · 2026-06-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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