Dalen Church
Dalen Church | |
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Dalen kyrkje | |
62°10′33″N 9°48′45″E / 62.175824722°N 9.81248080730°ECoordinates: 62°10′33″N 9°48′45″E / 62.175824722°N 9.81248080730°E | |
Location | Folldal Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1933 |
Consecrated | 1934 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1933 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 252 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Øvre Folldal |
Deanery | Nord-Østerdal prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 84018 |
Dalen Church (Nynorsk: Dalen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Folldal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Øvre Folldal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in an long church design in 1933 using plans drawn up by the architect Einar Landmark. The church seats about 252 people.[1][2]
History[]
In 1914 or 1915, a cemetery was built in to serve the upper Folldalen valley. Less than 20 years later, the parish began planning for the construction of a new church at the cemetery. was hired to design the new church. It was built in 1933 and consecrated in 1934. It is a wooden long church with a rectangular nave and a smaller, narrower choir with a lower roof line. There is a bell tower on the west end of the nave's roof. There's also a small church porch on the west end of the building.[3]
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References[]
- ^ "Dalen kyrkje, Folldal". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
- ^ "Dalen kirke (Folldal)". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- Folldal
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1933
- 1933 establishments in Norway