Narbuvoll Church Explained

Narbuvoll Church
Fullname:Narbuvoll kirke
Coordinates:62.3508°N 11.4676°W
Location:Os Municipality,
Innlandet
Country:Norway
Churchmanship:Evangelical Lutheran
Denomination:Church of Norway
Diocese:Hamar bispedømme
Parish:Narbuvoll
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Founded Date:1862
Consecrated Date:2 November 1862
Architect:Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural Type:Long church
Materials:Stone
Capacity:150

Narbuvoll Church (Norwegian: Narbuvoll kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Narbuvoll. It is one of the churches for the Narbuvoll parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1862 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 150 people. It is the only stone church in all of the Nord-Østerdal prosti.[1] [2]

History

The people living in the southern part of the valley in Os had long desired a church near them. In the 1860s, plans were made to build a church in Narbuvoll. A local man named Ingebret Mikkelsen Narbuvoll donated land for a church. Christian Heinrich Grosch designed a stone church for the site and Knut Skancke was hired as the lead builder. The new church was consecrated on 2 November 1862 (two days after the nearby Os Church was consecrated). Originally, the church seated about 200 people. In the 1960s, the second floor seating gallery was removed which lowered the capacity to about 150 people.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Narbuvoll kirke . 2021-11-27 . Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen.
  2. Web site: Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker . 2021-11-27 . KirkeKonsulenten.no . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Narbuvoll kirke . 2021-11-27 . Norges-Kirker.no . Norwegian.