Thomas Hansen Kingo was a Danish bishop, poet and hymnwriter born in Slangerup, near Copenhagen. His work marked the high point of Danish baroque poetry.
Thomas Kingo
Kingo's hymnal, 1859 edition
Thomas Quellinus' epitaph to Christoffer Balslev, Thomas Kingo and BIrgitte Balslev, 1702, as well as Thomas Kingo's and Birgitte Balslev's sarcophaguses.
The metal screen from Kingo's burial chapel
Slangerup is a town in Frederikssund Municipality, about 30 km north-west of central Copenhagen, in the Capital Region of Denmark.
The church