Nordberg Church (Innlandet)

Church in Innlandet, Norway

61°54′21″N 8°09′16″E / 61.90581737979°N 8.15444916486°E / 61.90581737979; 8.15444916486LocationSkjåk Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1864Consecrated1864ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Jacob Wilhelm NordanArchitectural typeOctagonalCompleted1864 (160 years ago) (1864)SpecificationsCapacity215MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeaneryNord-Gudbrandsdal prostiParishNordberg

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

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Nordberg Church (Norwegian: Nordberg kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordberg. It is the church for the Nordberg parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1864 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 215 people.^[1]^[2]

History

Planning for a new church in Nordberg began around 1860. The architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan was hired to design the new building and Jakob Jonsen Storlien was hired as the lead builder. The church was designed as an octagonal building with a small church porch in the west and a sacristy in the east. The church was built from 1862-1864 and it was consecrated in 1864.^[3]

References

^ "Nordberg kyrkje, Skjåk". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
^ "Nordberg kirke (Skjåk)". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 December 2021.