Sollihøgda Chapel

Sollihøgda Chapel
Sollihøgda kapell
Sollihøgda Chapel
Location in Buskerud
Sollihøgda Chapel
Sollihøgda Chapel (Norway)
Coordinates: 59°58′0″N 10°20′55″E / 59.96667°N 10.34861°E / 59.96667; 10.34861
Location Sollihøgda
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Herman Backer
Completed 1911
Specifications
Capacity 100[1]
Materials Wood
Administration
Deanery Ringerike

Sollihøgda Chapel (Norwegian: Sollihøgda kapell) is "long church" (Norwegian: langkirke) dating from 1911 in Sollihøgda in the municipality of Hole in Buskerud county, Norway.[1][2] The church is part of the Church of Norway and it belongs to the deanery of Ringerike in the Diocese of Tunsberg.

Baptismal font and altar in Sollihøgda Chapel

The church is built of wood and can accommodate 100 people.[1] It was designed by the architect Herman Major Backer (1856–1932).[3][4] It can be reached from Kapellveien (Chapel Road), which turns off of European route E16 at the bridge marked Ringeriksporten 'Gateway to Ringerike'.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Sollihøgda kapell". Norske kirkebygg. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Sollihøgda kapell". Den norske kirke. October 31, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  3. ↑ Torvanger, Åse Moe. "Norsk biografisk leksikon". Herman Backer. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Sollihøgda kapell". Norges Kirker. Retrieved December 29, 2017.


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