The role of flowers in the personalization of Christian funerals in Denmark

Flowers are a common element in Danish funerals. Drawing on fieldnotes, interviews and survey data funeral practices the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Denmark as well theories ritualization, meaning-making practices, this article shows that flowers not only sine qua non funerals but also used to make them more personal produce reproduce social relations. Additionally, material objects acquire their meaning right ceremonial context. Outside context they have no inherent might even obstruct ceremony because, physical objects, be put somewhere space. Paradoxically, ubiquitous yet invisible.