Moen Church Explained

Moen Church
Fullname:Moen kirke
Coordinates:60.4152°N 10.5449°W
Location:Gran Municipality,
Innlandet
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Hamar bispedømme
Parish:Moen/Ål
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1914
Consecrated Date:18 June 1914
Architect:Harald Aars
Architectural Type:Long church
Style:National Romantic style
Materials:Wood
Capacity:170

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]

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 . 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moen kirke . 2022-01-23 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2022-01-23 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Moen kirkested . 2022-01-23 . . Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Moen kirke . 2022-01-23 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.