Sorø Klosterkirke

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Sorø Abbey Church (Danish: Sorø Klosterkirke) is a church located in the Danish town of Sorø. It was founded by Danish archbishop Absalon and built by Cistercians in the period from 1161 to 1201. It is made of red brick, which was a new material for the time, and built similar style to the Abbey of Fontenay. The abbey contains a number of royal graves including that of Archbishop Absalon, King Christopher II, Queen Euphemia, King Valdemar Atterdag, and King Olaf Haraldsen. Sorø Academy Foundation (Stiftelsen Sorø Akademi), which also operates Sorø Academy, is responsible for the Abbey.

- Christopher II of Denmark, King of Denmark

- Euphemia of Pomerania, Queen of Denmark

- Olaf II of Denmark, King of Denmark and Norway

- Valdemar IV of Denmark, King of Denmark

- Laurids Foss, medical doctor and headmaster of Sorø School

- Falk Gøye, landowner and headmaster of Sorø Academy

- Johannes Meursius, scholar and antiquary

- Ove Ramel, landowner and administrator

- Jens Maltesen Sehested, military officer and landowner

- Toke Skjalmsen, chancellor and crusader

- Henrik Christiernsen Tornekrands, abbot

- Niels Aagaard, headmaster, librarian and professor

- Thøger Binneballe, architect and master builder

- Jacob Hornemann Bredsdorff, natural historian

- Henning Funch Jensen, Supreme Court justice

- Frederik Carl Christian Hansen, architect

- Torkil Abraham Hoppe, government official

- B.S. Ingemann, author, gymnwriter, poet

- Christian Molbech, linguist and literary historian