Tower-bell instruments in Denmark & dependencies:
index by region and city

Tower bell instruments, including traditional carillons, non-traditional carillons, chimes, etc., may be found in the Denmark and its dependencies in the following regions:

Jylland (mainland, west), Fyn (island, center), Sjaelland (island, northeast), various small islands (nearby), Faroe Islands (North Atlantic), Greenland (North Atlantic) Click on any underlined regional name or descriptor above to go directly to that section of this index. Within a region, sites are listed alphabetically by city and site-name.

If you are looking for a specific site by its institutional name (e.g., a church or school) or by the instrument's proper name, then use the "find in page" feature of your Web browser to locate a distinctive word (or partial word) in that name.

NOTES:

This index not only is geographic but also includes information from the mechanism-specific indexes for this region. Sites are tagged as follows:

trad
traditional carillon

non-trad
non-traditional carillon (all mechanisms)

chime
chime (all mechanisms)
If you do not find here a city (or instrument) which you think should be listed, then check the page of sites that are no more for this region. If it's not there, then please send a message to csz_stl@swbell.net telling everything you know about it.

Fyn

BOGENSE                       : DENMARK - F  chime
   Rådhus
FAABORG                       : DENMARK - F  trad
   Klokketårnet (Bell Tower)
NYBORG                        : DENMARK - F  non-trad
   Vor Frue Kirke
ODENSE                        : DENMARK - F  trad
   Sct.Knuds Domkirke
   (Saint Canute's Cathedral)
SVENDBORG                     : DENMARK - F  trad
   Vor Frue Kirke (Our Lady Church)

Jylland

AALBORG - B                   : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Budolfi Domkirke
   (St.Botolph Cathedral)
AALBORG - F                   : DENMARK - J
*See:  SOMMERSTED - 3          : DENMARK - J
AALBORG - M                   : DENMARK - J  chime
   Margrethekirken
AARHUS                        : DENMARK - J  trad
   Rådhus (Town Hall)
ASTRUP                        : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
BILLUND                       : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
EBELTOFT                      : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
EJSING                        : DENMARK - J  chime
   Church
FREDERIKSHAVN                 : DENMARK - J  trad
   Kirke
GEDSTED                       : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirken
HADSUND                       : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
HAMMELEV - 1,2,3              : DENMARK - J
*See:  SOMMERSTED - 1,2,3,    : DENMARK - J
HASSERIS                      : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
HERNING                       : DENMARK - J  trad
   Kirke
HERRUP                        : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirke
HJORRING                      : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Sct.Catharinæ Kirke
HOLSTEBRO - N                 : DENMARK - J  trad
   Nørrelandskirken
HOLSTEBRO - STJ               : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Jørgenskirke (St.Jorgen Tower)
HOLSTED                       : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
IKAST                         : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
KOLDING                       : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Nicolai Kirke
LIHME                         : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirke
LOGUMKLOSTER - Mobile         : DENMARK - J  trad
   Travelling carillon
   Church Music School
LOGUMKLOSTER - T              : DENMARK - J  trad
   [Kong] Frederik IX's Klokkespil
   Church Music School
LONBORG                       : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirke
ODDER                         : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Sognekirke
RAMSING                       : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
RANDERS                       : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Mortens Kirke
RIBE                          : DENMARK - J  chime
   Domkirken
SEVEL                         : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirken
SILKEBORG                     : DENMARK - J  trad
   Kirke
SKAGEN                        : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
SKJERN                        : DENMARK - J  chime
   Kirken
SOMMERSTED - 1                : DENMARK - J  chime
   Hemispherical chime
   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   (Danish Bell Museum)
SOMMERSTED - 2                : DENMARK - J  chime
   Drum chime
   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   (Danish Bell Museum)
SOMMERSTED - 3                : DENMARK - J  chime
   Entranceway chime
   Dansk Klokkemuseum
   (Danish Bell Museum)
THYREGOD                      : DENMARK - J  non-trad
   Kirke
ULFKJAER                      : DENMARK - J  non-trad 
   Ulfkaer Kirke
VARDE                         : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Jacobi Kirke
VEJLE                         : DENMARK - J  trad
   Sct.Nicolaj Kirke

Sjælland

BALLERUP                      : DENMARK - S  non-trad
   Vestkirken Tower
BRONDBY STRAND                : DENMARK - S  trad
   Brøndby Strand Kirke
FREDERIKSBERG                 : DENMARK - S  non-trad
   Rådhus
HILLEROD                      : DENMARK - S  trad
   Slot (Royal Castle)
HOLBAEK                       : DENMARK - S  trad
   Sct.Nicolai Kirke
HOLTE                         : DENMARK - S  trad*
   Søllerød Slot (Castle)
   * currently disconnected
KOBENHAVN - BB                : DENMARK - S  non-trad
   Ballerup Baltropkirke
KOBENHAVN - H                 : DENMARK - S  trad
   Helligånds Kirken (Holy Spirit Church)
KOBENHAVN - M                 : DENMARK - S  trad
   Margrethekirken (St.Margaret Church)
KOBENHAVN - VF                : DENMARK - S  trad
   Vor Frelsers Kirke
   (Church of Our Saviour)

Small islands

BREJNING                      : DENMARK      chime
   Kirke
BYRUM                         : DENMARK      chime
   Kirke
MARSTAL                       : DENMARK      chime
   Kirke
NAKSKOV                       : DENMARK      non-trad
   Sparkasse
NYKOBING F.                   : DENMARK      non-trad
   Klosterkirken
NYSTED                        : DENMARK      chime
   Town Hall
RUDHAVE                       : DENMARK      chime
   School
RUDKOBING                     : DENMARK      non-trad
   Kirke
RYDE - K                      : DENMARK      chime
   Kirke
RYDE - S                      : DENMARK      non-trad
   Slot
SKOVLUND                      : DENMARK      non-trad
   Kirke
SONDERBORG                    : DENMARK      non-trad
   Sct.Mariæ Kirke

Faroe Islands

TORSHAVN                      : DENMARK -FI  non-trad
   Havnar Kirke / Domkirken

Greenland

GODTHAAB                      : GREENLAND    non-trad
   Hans Egedes Kirke

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This index page was built from the database on 7-Aug-06 and last revised on 7-Nov-07.

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