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The architect Andreas Clemmensen have designed most of the buildings in the cemetery. His contributions include the main entrance, the administration building at Frederiksborgvej 125 (1903), the North Chapel (1910), now used as a storage building, the South Chapel (1912), which in 1931 was rebuilt to
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Holger Jacobsen has also designed a cluster of buildings in the northwestern corner of the cemetery. They date from 1916 and were used for storage purposes and personnel. Tyge Hvass added a stables building in 1935 and was also responsible for a larger extension of Jacobsen's buildings I 1945.
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in the west. The old chapel has been converted into a centre for dance and is now known as Dansekapellet (Chapel of Dance). One of the cemetery’s main attractions is an avenue of Japanese cherry trees that, when in bloom during spring, form a long, pink tunnel.
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as the result of an architectural competition. The building was completed in 1907 with inspiration from Roman architecture. and later extended in 1915–16 and 1932–34. The building has now been converted into a venue for modern dance, Dansekapellet.
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The Swedish section was established in 1927 and moved to the current location in Section 5 in 1957. It was designed by Sven-Ingvar Andersson. Other special sections are dedicated to Swedish, Russian, Catholic and Muslim graves. There is also a
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Section 10 also features 16 graves of Soviet soldiers who died in Denmark during and immediately after the war. A monument designed by the Russian artist Anatolij Dioma was installed in 1990.
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Bispebjerg Cemetery was established in 1903 to release the pressure on Copenhagen's other cemeteries. The plan was designed by Edvard Glæsel.
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designs by architect Tyge Hvass. Clemmensen also designed the East Chapel which was extended by Tyge Hvass in 1930 but demolished in 2001.
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In the southwestern corner of the cemetery is a section dedicated to Danish soldiers, police officers and resistance fighters who died in
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and the sculptor Astrid Noack are interred in at the Old communal burial site. The architect and writer
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The area also features a group of graves of British soldiers with traditional British
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A new crematory was inaugurated on 14 January 2003. The building was designed by
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Section 8 contains 594 German refugees and 370 German soldiers from March 1944.
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The old communal burial site features a monument by
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