The church was designed by the architect Nicolai Eigtved in 1740 and was along with the rest of Frederiksstaden, a district of Copenhagen, intended to commemorate the 300 years jubilee of the first coronation of a member of the House of Oldenburg.

It has gold window frames, multiple statues on the exterior walls and beautiful, colorful fresco inside the dome ceiling, which most likely is inspired by Peter's Basilica in Rome.

[4] Tietgen, not only wanted the church to represent a folklore to The Royal House, but also as a great monument for the grundtvigianismen, created by danish pastor and philosopher, N.F.S Grundvig.

Due to financial restrictions, the original plans for the church to be built almost entirely from marble were discarded, and instead Meldahl opted for construction to be done with limestone.

A series of statues of prominent theologians and ecclesiastical figures, including one of the eminent Danish philosopher Kierkegaard (who, incidentally, had become very critical of the established church by the end of his life), encircles the grounds of the building.

[6] Today, Frederik's church stands as vast architectural monument in Frederiksstaden as a tribute to the roman baroque and danish philosopher Grundtvig.