Ormøy Church

Coordinates: 59°52′36.15″N 10°45′44.25″E / 59.8767083°N 10.7622917°E / 59.8767083; 10.7622917

Ormøy Church
Ormøy kirke
Location Ormøya
Oslo,
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website www.oslo.kirken.no
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 1893
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Bernhard Steckmest
Architectural type Log house
Style Gothic, Swiss chalet
Specifications
Capacity 130 seats
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Bekkelaget og Ormøy
Deanery Søndre Aker
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Ormøy Church is a church on the island of Ormøya in Oslo, Norway. It was built of wood in 1893 and has 200 seats. The church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. The architectural drawings was made by the German architect Bernhard Steckmest and built in a log technique, characterized by gothic and Swiss chalet style. The outer walls are painted red, while the interior is stained brown and oiled.

The pictures of the Four Evangelists are recessed in the pulpit and was painted by Trygve Torkildsen. The small church organ was made in 1924.

On the night of September 19, 1992, the church was tried alight, but the quick reaction from a watchman prevented that the church burned down.

Sources

  • Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon, Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo 2010 (page 319) ISBN 9788257317607
  • Pedersen, Gunnar: «Aktuell historie» i Nordstrands Blad, January 30, 2006 (in Norwegian).
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