Leirskogen Church
Leirskogen Church | |
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Leirskogen kyrkje | |
60°47′52″N 9°40′56″E / 60.79775038650°N 9.682349681788°ECoordinates: 60°47′52″N 9°40′56″E / 60.79775038650°N 9.682349681788°E | |
Location | Sør-Aurdal, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1924 |
Consecrated | 18 March 1924 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Bakken og Grimsgaard |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1924 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 90 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Leirskogen |
Deanery | Valdres prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 84283 |
Leirskogen Church (Norwegian: Leirskogen kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Aurdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Leirskogen parish which is part of the Valdres prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1924 using plans drawn up by the architects Bakken og Grimsgaard. The church seats about 90 people.[1][2]
History[]
In the 1920s, a local initiative was taken for building a church in Leirskogen because the people desired a shorter journey to church. The architect for the construction was Bakken & Grimsgaard from Drammen. The lead builder for the project was Halvor Meisdalshagen. The interior furniture was designed by the architect Jens Dunker. The building was designed as a wooden long church with a tower on the west end above the church porch. Leirskogen Chapel, as it was originally titled, was consecrated on 18 March 1924. In 1934, a sacristy was built on the east end of the choir. It has been titled as a church since 1995.[3][4]
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References[]
- ^ "Leirskogen kyrkje". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Leirskogen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Leirskogen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- Sør-Aurdal
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1924
- 1924 establishments in Norway