Completed in 1902, it was the first church built in the city since the Middle Ages.

The church was designed by Niels Jacobsen in a late Romanesque style from red brick, and built on granite foundation.

Its features include a cross-shaped interior and a spired bell-tower measuring 45 metres (148 ft).

There are three mural paintings inside the church: the 1902 work is a decoration on vault rubs, the 1917 frescoes are in the parish hall, and the 1935–1936 frescoes on the altar's niche.

[1] The small park at the outskirts of Odense, belonging to the Ansgar Church has the grove known as Fruens Bøge (beeches of the Virgin).