Sulsted Church, located in Sulsted

Sulsted

Sulsted is a small Danish town with a population of 1,543 in northern Jutland, just north of Aalborg.Sulsted Church was constructed c. 1150-1200 and features a large number of frescos, all created in 1548 by Hans Maler from Randers....

, a small Danish

Denmark

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 town in northern Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

, just north of Aalborg

Aalborg

-Transport:On the north side of the Limfjord is Nørresundby, which is connected to Aalborg by a road bridge Limfjordsbroen, an iron railway bridge Jernbanebroen over Limfjorden, as well as a motorway tunnel running under the Limfjord Limfjordstunnelen....

, was constructed c. 1150-1200 http://www.dist.dk/~lf/middelalder/Stil.HTML and features a large number of fresco

Fresco

Fresco is any of several related mural painting types, executed on plaster on walls or ceilings. The word fresco comes from the Greek word affresca which derives from the Latin word for "fresh". Frescoes first developed in the ancient world and continued to be popular through the Renaissance...

s or kalkmalerier, all created in 1548 by Hans Maler from Randers

Randers

Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...

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The frescos

Unlike other frescos in Danish churches, Sulsted's murals were not concealed with limewash after the Reformation ahd have survived to this day.

The frescos, which decorate the ceiling of the nave, depict the life of Jesus

Jesus

Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...

 starting with his birth in the first section at the west end of the nave, continue with the beginning of his passion in the second or central section and end with his death on the cross in the third most easterly section. Those in the choir are of other New Testament

New Testament

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 images related to the creed and to the Virgin Mary.

Sources

• Raakjær, Ole: Sulsted Kirke, ISBN 87-985873-1-5 / ISBN 87-985873-0-7. In Danish.
• Lillie, Eva Louise: Tradition og fornyelse : kalkmalerierne fra 1548 i Sulsted kirke, in Kirkehistoriske samlinger, 1985. In Danish.