Furuset Church (Oslo)

Furuset Church
Furuset Church
Furuset kirke
	59°56′31.664″N10°53′21.275″E / 59.94212889°N 10.88924306°E
Location	Ulsholtveien 37, Furuset, Oslo
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Harald Hille
Completed	1980
Specifications
Capacity	600
Materials	Brick
Administration
Diocese	Diocese of Oslo
Parish	Ellingsrud og Furuset

Last updated May 24, 2023

Furuset Church is a church that was consecrated in 1980. The church is located in the neighborhood of Furuset in Oslo, Norway.^[3] In the same area was a church in the Middle Ages, from which keys of iron were found, are preserved and placed in the present church.^[4]

The church is built in brick and has 600 seats spread over several rooms that can be joined or separated by sliding doors. Downstairs there is a meeting room. The altarpiece in the church room, made by Gunnar Torvund, is in wood with a Christ motif in bronze. It has carved biblical and religious motifs. The church organ, which has 18 voices, was built by organ builder Eystein Gangfløt in 1982.

The church has a steep roof and a separate bell tower of bricks and panels, where there are two church bells.^[1]^[2]^[5]

Furuset Church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.^[6]

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References

1 2 Furuset kirke Norske kirker (in Norwegian)
1 2 Furuset kirke Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian)
↑ Furuset kitke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)
↑ Furuset / Funnsted Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
↑ M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New edition by K.A. Tvedt og Ø. Reisegg, Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007), page 87 (in Norwegian)
↑ Furuset kirke / Kirkested Kulturminnesøk, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)

External links

Official parish website (in Norwegian)

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[noki-1] 1 2 Furuset kirke Norske kirker (in Norwegian)

[obyl-2] 1 2 Furuset kirke Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian)

[3] Furuset kitke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)

[4] Furuset / Funnsted Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)

[5] M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New edition by K.A. Tvedt og Ø. Reisegg, Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007), page 87 (in Norwegian)

[6] Furuset kirke / Kirkested Kulturminnesøk, Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)

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