Stensgård Church

Stensgård Church
Stensgård kirke
Stensgård Church
Location in Akershus
Coordinates: 60°16′39.17″N 11°5′18.75″E / 60.2775472°N 11.0885417°E / 60.2775472; 11.0885417
Location Nannestad
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status Parish church
Architecture
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Herman Backer
Completed 1902
Specifications
Capacity 92[1]
Materials Wood
Administration
Deanery Øvre Romerike

Stensgård Church (Norwegian: Stensgård kirke) is "long church" (Norwegian: langkirke) dating from 1902 in the municipality of Nannestad in Akershus county, Norway.[1][2] The church is part of the Church of Norway and it belongs to the deanery of Øvre Romerike in the Diocese of Borg.[1]

The building can accommodate 92 people.[1] The cornerstone was laid in a simple ceremony on Saint John's Day in 1901. It was consecrated on November 26, 1902 in a mass celebrated by Bishop Anton Christian Bang attended by eight priests.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Stensgård kirke". Kirkesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. "Stensgård kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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