Frederik's Church, popularly known as The Marble Church for its Rococo architecture, is an Evangelical Lutheran church in Copenhagen.  The awe-inspiring Church with the copper green dome has to be one of the most impressive churches in the city - and is definitely ome to one of the best views in town.

The church was designed by architect Nicolai Eigtved in 1740 and was intended to commemorate the 300 years jubilee of the first coronation of a member of the House of Oldenburg.  It has the largest church dome in Scandinavia with a span of 102 feet.  The large dome, inspired by St. Peter's Basilica, rests on 12 columns.  The foundation stone was set in 1749, but construction was slowed by budget cuts.  In 1770, the plans for the church were abandoned and the building was left incomplete and stood as a ruin for 150 years.

In 1874 the ruins of the church and the church square were sold to Carl Frederik Tietgen on the condition that he would build a church in a style similar to the original plans and donate it to the state when complete.  In return he acquired the rights to subdivide the neighboring plots for development 0 - a highly controversial deal at the time.

Tietgen did finance the construction, but due to financial restrictions, the original plans for the church to be built entirely from marble were discarded.  He opted for the construction to be completed with limestone.  The beautiful church was finally opened to the public in 1894.

Today Frederik's Church with its great dome rising high above the rooftops of Copenhagen is one of the major landmarks of the city's skyline.  Around the church are a series of bronze statues of prominent Danish Church Fathers.  On the balusrade around the dome are sculptures in zinc of prophets as well as Martin Luther.   Dome tours are available on Saturday and Sunday.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark is a state church and claims membership of 85% of all Danes.