Mesnali Church

Mesnali Church (Norwegian: Mesnali kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Mesnali. It is one of the churches for the Brøttum parish which is part of the Ringsaker prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1933 using plans drawn up by the architect Ingeborg Krafft. The church seats about 170 people.[1][2]

Mesnali Church
Mesnali kirke
View of the church
61°06′09″N 10°41′33″E
LocationRingsaker Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1933
Consecrated19 September 1933
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ingeborg Krafft
Architectural typeCruciform
Completed1933 (1933)
Specifications
Capacity170
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeaneryRingsaker prosti
ParishBrøttum
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID84941

History

The people of the Mesnali area had long wished for their own chapel due to the long and difficult road to their parish church, Brøttum Church. A plot of land at Havrehaugen was donated to the parish by Oline and Even Sagstuen for the purpose of building an annex chapel in the Brøttum Church parish. Initially, a bell tower was erected in 1927 and a cemetery on the site was consecrated on 11 December 1928. Soon afterwards, Ingeborg Krafft was hired to design the new chapel that would be built at the cemetery site. The building was designed as a half-timbered cruciform chapel in a style reminiscent of the many cruciform churches in the Gudbrandsdalen valley. The foundation wall of the new chapel was built in 1932 and the rest of the building was completed the following year. The new building was consecrated on 19 September 1933. In 1978, the chapel was upgraded to full parish church status.[3][4]

  • Photo of the construction of the new church
    Photo of the construction of the new church

See also

References
  1. "Mesnali kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  3. "Mesnali kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
  4. "Mesnali kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.

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