Nordberg Church (Oslo)

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

Nordberg Church
Nordberg kirke
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59°57′46.4″N 10°44′32.1″E
Location	Kringsjågrenda 1, Oslo,
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	Parish of Nordberg
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1962
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Turid and Kristen Bernhoff Evensen
Specifications
Capacity	620 seats[1]
Materials	Mud brick and concrete
Administration
Parish	Nordberg
Diocese	Diocese of Oslo

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 is 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

1. Kirkebyggdatabasen: Nordberg kirke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)
2. 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. Norske kirker: Nordberg kirke (Oslo) (in Norwegian)
4. Om Nordberg kirke (Parish website)
5. Nordberg Church Nursery's official website (in Norwegian)
6. Nordberg kirke/kirkested Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage

External links

Official parish website (in Norwegian)