Bragernes Church

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Bragernes Church
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Bragernes Church
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Bragernes Church
Bragernes Church (Norway)
59°44′48″N10°12′24″E / 59.74667°N 10.20667°E / 59.74667; 10.20667
Location Drammen, Viken
Country Norway
Denomination Den norske kirkes vapen.svg Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website www.drammen.kirken.no/bragernes/
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 12 July 1871
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Ernst Robarth Dalin Norgrenn
Style Neo Gothic
Specifications
Capacity1000
Materials Brick
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Tunsberg
Deanery Drammen
Parish Bragernes

Bragernes Church (Bragernes Kirke) is a parish church at Drammen in Viken county, Norway. [1]

It was designed by Ernst Norgrenn (1839-1880) in Neo Gothic style and built of brick. It was consecrated in 1871. The old Bragernes church (Gamle Bragernes kirke) was west of Bragernes square. Built in 1708, it burned down in 1866. [2] [3]

Bragernes church is located at the end of Church Street north of Bragernes square in the center of Drammen. Bragernes Cemetery is west of the church. The tower is 64 metres (210 ft) tall. The pulpit was designed by Ernst Norgrenn, while the baptismal font was by Christian Borch. The altarpiece, Resurrection was painted by Adolph Tidemand. It was copied in many Norwegian churches. The church organ has 38 voices and was built in the romantic style of organ builder Carsten Lund Organ Builders of Copenhagen (Carsten Lund Orgelbyggeri). [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. ↑ Sigrid Marie Christie, Håkon Christie. "Bragernes kirke". Norges Kirker. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
  2. ↑ Åse Moe Torvanger (20 February 2017). "Ernst Norgrenn". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Håkon Christie; Sigrid Sigrid Christie. "Gamle Bragernes kirke". drammen.kirken.no. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  4. ↑ Bragernes Archived 7 September 2012 at archive.today Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
  5. ↑ Bragernes kirke Drammens murarkitektur
  6. ↑ "Carsten Lund Orgelbyggeri". Th. Frobenius & Sønner Orgelbyggeri A/S. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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