Nenset Church

Nenset Church (Norwegian: Nenset kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Nenset/Tollnes area in the western part of the town of Skien. It is one of the churches for the Gimsøy og Nenset parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, brick church was built in a long church design in 1961 using plans drawn up by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. The church seats about 400 people.[1]

Nenset Church
Nenset kirke
View of the church
59°10′05″N 9°37′48″E
LocationSkien Municipality,
Vestfold og Telemark
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Nenset kapell
StatusParish church
Founded1961
Consecrated17 December 1961
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Gudolf Blakstad and
H. Munthe-Kaas
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1961 (1961)
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeanerySkien prosti
ParishGimsøy og Nenset
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85101

History

After World War II, there was a desire for an annex chapel and cemetery in the Nenset/Tollnes area, just west of the town of Skien in (what was then) Solum municipality. After some fundraising, this was approved. Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas were hired to design the new building. The building had a chapel on the 2nd floor with space for approximately 200 people, while there was a parish hall and kitchen on the 1st floor. The building was consecrated on 17 December 1961. This was intended to be a two-stage construction project with a larger church to be built later. In 1988, the Nenset Chapel was upgraded to parish church status and re-titled as Nenset Church. In 1996, the second building phase was carried out by architect Tor Arild Danielsen. A new church room was completed and parish offices were added into the older part of the building. The newly-enlarged building was re-consecrated on 19 January 1997.[2][3]

See also

References
  1. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. "Nenset kirkestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. "Nenset kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 December 2022.

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