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Nordberg Church (Oslo)

Coordinates: 59°57′46.4″N 10°44′32.1″E / 59.962889°N 10.742250°E / 59.962889; 10.742250
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Nordberg Church
Nordberg kirke
Nordberg Church is located in Oslo
Nordberg Church
Nordberg Church
Nordberg Church is located in Norway
Nordberg Church
Nordberg Church
59°57′46.4″N 10°44′32.1″E / 59.962889°N 10.742250°E / 59.962889; 10.742250
LocationKringsjågrenda 1,
Oslo,
CountryNorway
Denomination Church of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
WebsiteParish of Nordberg
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated1962
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Turid and Kristen Bernhoff Evensen
Specifications
Capacity620 seats[1]
MaterialsMud brick and concrete
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Oslo
ParishNordberg

Nordberg Church is a hexagonal church, located in the neighbourhood of Nordberg in Oslo, Norway.[1]

The church was completed in 1962 and was restored and expanded with a church parlor in 1982. The facade is in white bricks and has a characteristic church tower which can be seen from large parts of the city of Oslo. It is one of the largest churches in the city.[2][3][4]

The altar tapestry, The Resurrection, was made by Kari-Bjørg Ile. It came into place in 1992. The pulpit and the baptismal font are made according to the architects' drawings. The current church organ from 2015 is a digital organ of the type Johannus Monarke Präludium.[3]

There are two church bells from Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry in the church tower.[2]

Outside the church is a log house, a former chapel used for the church's nursery.[4][5]

The church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage and protected by Norwegian law.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Kirkebyggdatabasen: Nordberg kirke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ a b M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New edition by K.A. Tvedt og Ø. Reisegg, Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007), p. 104–105 (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b Norske kirker: Nordberg kirke (Oslo) (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ a b Om Nordberg kirke (Parish website)
  5. ^ Nordberg Church Nursery's official website (in Norwegian)
  6. ^ Nordberg kirke/kirkested Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
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Official parish website (in Norwegian)