Vølstad Church
Vølstad Church | |
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Vølstad kirke | |
60°50′45″N 10°11′03″E / 60.845709614336°N 10.184205472469°ECoordinates: 60°50′45″N 10°11′03″E / 60.845709614336°N 10.184205472469°E | |
Location | Nordre Land, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1959 |
Consecrated | 24 June 1959 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1959 |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 140 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Parish | Østsinni |
Deanery | Hadeland og Land prosti |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Type | Church |
Status | Not protected |
ID | 85877 |
Vølstad Church (Norwegian: Vølstad kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nordre Land Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of . It is one of the churches for the Østsinni parish which is part of the Hadeland og Land prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1959 using plans drawn up by the architect . The church seats about 140 people.[1][2]
History[]
During the 1950s, plans were made to build a church in Vølstad. (the grandson of the noted church architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan) was hired to design the new church. It was a wooden long church that was constructed during 1959. The new church was consecrated on 24 June 1959 (on the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist day).[3][4]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Vølstad kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Vølstad kirkested / Vølstad kirke 2" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- ^ "Vølstad kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2022.
- Nordre Land
- Churches in Innlandet
- Long churches in Norway
- Wooden churches in Norway
- 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
- Churches completed in 1959
- 1959 establishments in Norway