Originally a pilgrimage church, it was built in the 13th century in the Romanesque style at the site of a holy spring dedicated to Mary Magdalene.

The frescos present various scenes from the Biblia pauperum, including Adam and Eve working surrounded by 14 children, the presentation of Christ in front of Pilate and other scenes from the Pilate, and Marian coronation.

According to an inscription on its base, it was a donation from the honest and wise man Paul Steenbech, Mayor of Slangerup".

[1] The altarpiece was painted in the beginning of the 16th century in the Netherlands and has previously been located in a church in Elsinore.

It is a triptych depicting the Calvary scene with the crucified Christ surrounded by ary, ohn and Mary Magdalene.