Engerdal Church

Church in Innlandet, Norway

61°45′28″N 11°57′38″E / 61.7578236875°N 11.9606633484°E / 61.7578236875; 11.9606633484LocationEngerdal Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1873Consecrated1873ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1873 (151 years ago) (1873)SpecificationsCapacity250MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeanerySør-Østerdal prostiParishEngerdal

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusProtectedID84098

Engerdal Church (Norwegian: Engerdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Engerdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Engerdal. It is the church for the Engerdal parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1873 using by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The first church in Engerdal was built in 1871–1873. Johan Olsen from Elverum and Teodor Embretsen Nordvi from Trysil were responsible for the carpentry work. The new church was a timber-framed long church. The altarpiece was painted by teacher Peder Haugen from Haugen in Engerdal. The church building was consecrated in 1873.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Engerdal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
^ "Engerdal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). 28 December 2016. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
^ "Engerdal kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 21 December 2021.