Church Of St. Ansgar, Copenhagen

To the right of the Design Museum is the Church of St. Ansgar (Sankt Ansgars Kirke, Katolsk Domkirke). As a result of the victory of the Reformation in Denmark, the Catholic Church was banned, and the 1624 law threatened Catholic missionaries and priests with the death penalty. After the Thirty Years' War, relief was made for embassies, they were allowed to have their own Catholic chapels. In 1764, the Austrian embassy bought a plot on Bredgade Street and a chapel was built on it with funds from Maria Theresa. Over time, the authorities became more tolerant of Catholics and in 1840, the construction of a large church began on the site of the chapel. The neoclassical cathedral was designed by the German architect Gustav Friedrich Hetsch and was opened on November 1, 1842. And in 1849, a democratic Constitution was adopted, and religious restrictions were lifted in Denmark.

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