Johan C. Schwarz-Nielsen
Johan C. Schwarz-Nielsen | |
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| Born | 19-4-1924 Sundby, Amager, København |
| Died | 7/11/1987 Bistrup, Birkerød Kommune, København |
Johan Christoffer Schwarz-Nielsen
Johan Christoffer Schwarz-Nielsen (born 19-04-1924, died 07-11-1987) was vicar in Bistrup Parish (Bistrup Sogn) north of Copenhagen from the creation of the parish in 1963 until his death in 1987. Johan was not the type to sit on things for long, so when a ban on building of public buildings (caused by shortage of labour) came into effect in 1962 and meant that the planned building of Bistrup Church (Bistrup Kirke) had to be postponed, he decided to gather a group of volounteers from the parish (120 in all) so they could build the church themselves, an approach not attempted in Denmark for some 800 years. Originally they were only aiming at building part of the ground floor of the church, which was completed in 1963, but as they were proceeding well they continued for another 4 years with the main part containing the church room proper and the 21 meters tall tower. Subsequently Johan took the initiative for building of the 'Henrik Gerners Børnehaven' kindergarten (1970–1973), 'Gerner Salen', an annex to the church (1978–1979) and the 'Marie Gerner Gården' creche (1979–1981). All these projects were organised as independent non-profit organisations and the necessary funds were mainly collected in the parish for these specific purposes. In 1982 Johan went to Cyprus as Army Chaplain with the peacekeeping Danish DANCON UN-contingent.
Johan was, since 1949, married to Bente (nee Blichmann), and they have three sons Johan Christoffer, Jens Ole and Jesper Nikolaj.
