Arneberg Church

Arneberg Church (Norwegian: Arneberg kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located at Arneberg, just north of Jammerdal. It is the church for the Arneberg parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1878 using plans drawn up by the architect Johannes Henrik Nissen. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2]

Arneberg Church
Arneberg kirke
View of the church
60°34′04″N 12°03′30″E
LocationÅsnes Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1878
Consecrated9 October 1878
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Henrik Nissen
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1878 (1878)
Specifications
Capacity350
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeanerySolør, Vinger og Odal prosti
ParishArneberg
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID83794

History

For centuries, the people of southern Åsnes were part of the Hof Church parish. The church sat on the west side of the river Glomma, but many parishioners lived on the east side of the river and had to cross the river to attend their church. On 8 October 1871, three children drowned while crossing the river on their way to confirmation class at the church. After the accident, there was intense local pressure to build an annex chapel on the east side of the river. Land was given by Einar Christiansen Arneberg, and the chapel was built with volunteers and donations. Henrik Nissen from Kristiania designed the new chapel (it was one of his first church buildings that he designed) and Nils Nilsen Hunsager and Günther Schüssler were the main builders. Construction took place in 1878 and the chapel was consecrated on 9 October 1878. Just after the turn of the 20th century, the exterior walls were covered with paneled siding (before that time the log walls were uncovered). More recently, the chapel was upgraded in status to a parish church and it was renamed Arneberg Church.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Arneberg kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. "Arneberg kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  4. "Arneberg kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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