Vartov charitable foundation

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Grundtvig's homeground

By Inger Hartby, 2004: Ph.d. 1993: Cand.mag. 1988: Cand.phil. (7 stories)

Vartov, on the street of Farvergade in the centre of Copenhagen, is the oldest of the capital’s charitable foundations. In 1666, the Farvergården property was converted into a hospital and nursing foundation for the elderly and chronically ill. The present Vartov was built in 1724-55 and was modified and extended at various stages, most radically in 185660 when the architect N.S. Neblung added another storey to the building. Vartov is known chiefly because N.F.S. Grundtvig served as its hospital chaplain in the mid-1800s. The hospital was in operation until 1934. Since 1947, the building has housed Kirkeligt Samfund, the headquarters of the Grundtvigian Movement in Denmark.

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