Moen Church

Moen Church (Norwegian: Moen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gran Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the northern part of the village of Jaren. It is one of the churches for the Moen/Ål 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 1914 using plans drawn up by the architect Harald Aars. The church seats about 170 people.[1][2]

Moen Church
Moen kirke
View of the church
60°24′55″N 10°32′42″E
LocationGran Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1914
Consecrated18 June 1914
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Harald Aars
Architectural typeLong church
StyleNational Romantic style
Completed1914 (1914)
Specifications
Capacity170
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeaneryHadeland og Land prosti
ParishMoen/Ål
TypeChurch
StatusProtected
ID84970

History

Around 1910, the municipality began planning for a new annex chapel in Jaren. After a public meeting in October 1910, a committee was appointed in the Moen district, which at that time numbered 915 inhabitants. A three-acre plot of land was donated by Kjersti and Johan Trulserud and the people of the Tingelstad area gave timber, and a fundraising campaign was initiated. In 1912, the architect Harald Aars was hired to design the building which was expected to cost about 20,000 kr. The church was designed as a long church in the National Romantic style. The new Moen Chapel was consecrated on 18 June 1914. Around the turn of the 21st century, the chapel was re-titled as a church in a new combined parish with Ål Church.[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Moen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. "Moen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  4. "Moen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 January 2022.

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