Ål Church (Gran)
Ål Church | |
---|---|
Ål kirke | |
60°21′30″N 10°35′08″E / 60.3583008976°N 10.58560881813°ECoordinates: 60°21′30″N 10°35′08″E / 60.3583008976°N 10.58560881813°E | |
Location | Gran Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1930 |
Consecrated | 2 March 1930 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Magnus Poulsson |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1930 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 270 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Moen/Ål |
Deanery | Hadeland og Land prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Protected |
ID | 85955 |
Ål Church (Norwegian: Ål kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is one of the churches for the Moen/Ål parish which is part of the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1930 using plans drawn up by the architect Magnus Poulsson. The church seats about 270 people.[1][2]
History[]
Planning for a new church in the village of Gran took place throughout the 1920s. Magnus Poulsson was hired to design the new church. It was a wooden long church with seating for about 270 people. The church has a large wooden tower. The church was largely financed by donations and volunteer work. The new church was consecrated on 2 March 1930. Around 1970, a graveyard storage room was built as an extension to the side of the choir.[3][4]
Media gallery[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Ål kirke, Gran". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Ål kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Ål kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- Gran, Norway
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1930
- 1930 establishments in Norway