Vestmarka Church

Vestmarka Church (Norwegian: Vestmarka kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Eidskog Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Vestmarka. It is the church for the Vestmarka parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1883 using plans drawn up by the architect Ludvig Bergh. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

Vestmarka Church
Vestmarka kirke
View of the church
59°55′38″N 11°59′25″E
LocationEidskog Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)Vestmarka kapell
StatusParish church
Founded1883
Consecrated1883
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Ludvig Bergh
Architectural typeLong church
Completed1883 (1883)
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeanerySolør, Vinger og Odal prosti
ParishVestmarka
TypeChurch
StatusNot protected
ID85814

History
View of the church

Planning for a new chapel in Vestmarka took place in the early 1880s. The architect Ludvig Bergh was hired to design the building. It was a timber-framed long church with a rectangular nave and a narrower choir with a lower roof line. The choir is flanked by sacristies. The west end of the building has a church porch with a tower above it. Construction took place in 1883 and the new chapel was consecrated in 1883. During the late 20th century, the chapel was upgraded in status to a parish church and at that time it was renamed Vestmarka Church (before that time it was Vestmarka Chapel).[3][4]

See also

References
  1. "Vestmarka kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  3. "Vestmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  4. "Vestmarka kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 28 December 2021.

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