Grønland Church

Grønland Church (Grønland kirke) is a church located in the neighbourhood of Grønland in the borough of Gamle Oslo in Oslo, Norway. [1]

Grønland Church
Grønland kirke
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59°54′39.852″N 10°46′3.5904″E
Location	Grønlndsleiret 34, Oslo,
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	kirken.no/gamlebyenoggronland
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	March 3, 1869
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Wilhelm von Hanno
Style	Neo Romanesque architecture
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Oslo
Parish	Gamlebyen og Grønland

Grønland Church congregation was formed in 1861. Grønland Church was consecrated on March 3, 1869, by Bishop Jens Lauritz Arup. The church is characterized its tall and monumental tower surrounded by four smaller spires. The structure is of brick, in neo-Romanesque architectural style. Its architect was Wilhelm von Hanno. He also designed the school, former fire station and former police station, together with the church as a unified group of buildings in Grønland, a district that recently (1859) had been incorporated into Christiania (now Oslo). [2]

Grønland Church originally had 1380 seats, which has since been reduced to approx. 800. The church has an historic organ built by Walcker Orgelbau in 1877. It was moved to Grønland Church in 1934. The organ was restored in 1961 by J. H. Jørgensen Orgelfabrik. The church has undergone several restorations, most recently in 1988.[3] [4]

The church owned and operated Vestasol camp at Larkollen off Moss. It hosts social gatherings and meetings, and church members work together in the effort to maintain the camp site.[5]

Grønland Church is a heritage site and is registered in the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[6]