Totenviken Church
Totenviken Church | |
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Totenviken kirke | |
60°38′43″N 11°00′06″E / 60.64527197905°N 11.00155475734°ECoordinates: 60°38′43″N 11°00′06″E / 60.64527197905°N 11.00155475734°E | |
Location | Østre Toten, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1896 |
Consecrated | 25 November 1896 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1896 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 400 |
Materials | Plastered brick |
Administration | |
Parish | Balke |
Deanery | Toten prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85658 |
Totenviken Church (Norwegian: Totenviken kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Østre Toten Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is one of the churches for the Balke parish which is part of the Toten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, plastered brick church was built in a long church design in 1896 using plans drawn up by the architect . The church seats about 400 people.[1][2]
History[]
In 1864, the graveyard at the nearby Balke Church had gotten too small, so an auxiliary cemetery was built in . The new cemetery was consecrated on 30 September 1864. In the 1880s, there was growing interest in having an annex chapel built on the site of the cemetery. Fundraising campaigns started, and architectural drawings were obtained from . The new building was built with brick and covered with plaster. Originally, it was called Viken Chapel and it was consecrated on 25 November 1896. In 1922–1923, the church was renovated. The old tower was taken down and a new tower with a different design was built. Also, a new choir and sacristies were built on the east end of the building. The building was re-consecrated on 14 September 1923.[3][4]
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References[]
- ^ "Totenviken kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Totenviken kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- ^ "Totenviken kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 29 January 2022.
- Østre Toten
- Churches in Innlandet
- Churches in Toten Deanery
- Long churches in Norway
- Brick churches in Norway
- 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1896
- 1896 establishments in Norway