Landsmarka Chapel

Landsmarka Chapel (Norwegian: Landsmarka kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nome Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landsmarka. It is one of the churches in the Lunde og Flåbygd parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1895 using plans drawn up by the architect Herman Backer. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2][3]

Landsmarka Chapel
Landsmarka kapell
View of the church
59°14′46″N 9°09′39″E
LocationNome Municipality,
Vestfold og Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1895
Consecrated1 October 1895
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Herman Backer
Architectural typeLong church
StyleDragestil
Completed1895 (1895)
Specifications
Capacity100
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryØvre Telemark prosti
ParishLunde og Flåbygd
TypeChurch
StatusListed
ID84891

History

Landsmarka is a forest village where people had a long way to go to get to a church (either Lunde Church or Holla Church). Towards the end of the 19th century, efforts were made to get a church building in Landsmarka and eventually the local landowner Diderik Cappelen from the Cappelen family, donated land for a new annex chapel. The architect Herman Backer was hired to design the new building and the builder H. Hansen from Skien was hired to lead the construction. The new chapel was designed in a dragestil style so that its look was reminiscent of the medieval stave churches across Norway. The chapel was consecrated on 1 October 1895. The church is a wooden long church. Originally the chapel was stained dark with several shades, but it has since been painted white.[4][5]

See also

References
  1. "Landsmarka kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 496. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. "Landsmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. "Landsmarka kapell". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.

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