Sømådal Church
Søm��dal Church | |
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Sømådal kirke | |
62°05′57″N 11°39′39″E / 62.0992138428°N 11.66094124317°ECoordinates: 62°05′57″N 11°39′39″E / 62.0992138428°N 11.66094124317°E | |
Location | Engerdal Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1937 |
Consecrated | 1 September 1937 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1937 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 150 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Sømådal |
Deanery | Sør-Østerdal prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85040 |
Sømådal Church (Norwegian: Sømådal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Engerdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is the church for the Sømådal parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1937. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2]
History[]
In 1923, a cemetery was built in Sømådal to serve the northwestern part of the municipality near the border with Rendalen, Tolga, and Os municipalities. In the mid-1930s, the parish began planning for a church at the site of the cemetery. Gustav Knutsen was hired as the lead builder. The new church was consecrated on 1 September 1937.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Sømådal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
- ^ "Sømådal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.
Categories:
- Engerdal
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1937
- 1937 establishments in Norway