Grefsen Church

Grefsen Church
Grefsen kirke
Grefsen Church
Location in Oslo
Grefsen Church
Grefsen Church (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°57′15.196″N 10°46′45.361″E / 59.95422111°N 10.77926694°E / 59.95422111; 10.77926694
Location Oslo
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Georg Greve
Completed 1940
Specifications
Capacity 600[1]
Materials Brick
Administration
Deanery Nordre Aker
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Grefsen Church is a long church (Norwegian: langkirke) located in Grefsen, a neighborhood of Oslo, Norway.

The church was consecrated by Bishop Eivind Berggrav on March 3, 1940[2][3] and it is the parish church of the Grefsen Parish. It is built of brick, has a frescoed ceiling, and can accommodate 600 people. It was designed by the architect Georg Greve.[1] The building has elements of the Norwegian Romanesque style, but has rectangular window openings instead of Romanesque arches. It is sparsely decorated.[1] The stained glass in the chancel was created by Oddmund Kristiansen.[2] Grefsen Church has protected status as a church listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Magne Elvestrand served as organist at the church from 1940 to 1967.[4]

Interior view towards the altar

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kirkesøk: Grefsen Church.
  2. 1 2 Norske kirkebygg: Grefsen kirke og kapell.
  3. ↑ Østang, Øivind. 2015. Grefsen kirke 1940–2015 – og den lange forhistorien. Oslo: Grefsen menighetsråd, p. 20.
  4. ↑ Store norske leksikon: Magne Elvestrand.

Further reading

  • Rasmussen, Alf Henry (ed.). 1993. Våre kirker - norsk kirkeleksikon. Oslo: Vanebo forlag, p. 709.
  • Tvedt, Knut Are (ed). 2010. Oslo byleksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, p. 208.
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