St. Canute’s Cathedral

St Canute’s Cathedral is named after the Danish King Canute the Saint (Knud den Hellige) also known as King Knud IV. The brick-built Gothic cathedral was rebuilt in 1300 on the remains of an earlier church destroyed by two fires. In 1089, King Canute the Saint and his brother were murdered close to the church after a rebellion, and their bones are at display in the crypt. Claus Berg made the magnificent altarpiece comprising more than 300 carved figures in the 1500s.