Gudhjem Church

Completed in 1893, it replaces the now ruined St Anne's Chapel (Sct Anna Kapel).

In the Middle Ages, Gudhjem's St Anne's Chapel served the fishing communities on Bornholm's northern coast and was probably also used by Hanseatic visitors from the north of Germany.

Based in particular on the fresco's discovered on the south wall, it is estimated that the chapel was built around 1300.

The new church, consecrated on 3 September 1893, was located to the west of the old churchyard as it was decided to leave the foundations of St Anne's in place, safeguarding its site as one of the island's last coastal chapels.

[1] Designed by Mathias Bidstrup, the new church consists of a nave, a polygonal apse at the eastern end and a tower with a spire to the west.