Kampen Church, Oslo

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Kampen Church
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Kampen Church
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Kampen Church
59°54′43.020″N10°46′55.096″E / 59.91195000°N 10.78197111°E / 59.91195000; 10.78197111
LocationBøgata 1,
Oslo,
Country Norway
Denomination Den norske kirkes vapen.svg Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website kampenkirke.no
History
Status Parish church
Consecrated 1882
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s) Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Style Neo Gothic
Specifications
Capacity480
Materials Brick
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Oslo [1] [2] [3]
Parish Kampen

Kampen Church is a church in the neighborhood of Kampen in Oslo, Norway. The church was consecrated 29 November 1882. After a fire in Kampen in 1878, the plans for the reconstruction of the neighborhood included a new church. In 1880, the neighborhood was founded a new congregation, that was located elsewhere until the church was finished.

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The church is made of brick and has 480 seats. The architect for the church was Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church tower is covered with copper sheet. The altarpiece of the church shows two women at the empty grave of Jesus on Easter morning and was created in 1884 by the Norwegian painter and sculptor Axel Ender and was restored in 1913. Above four of the church's interior doors, there are symbols of the four Gospels conducted by Enevold Thømt in 1913. The church is adorned with twelve large and six small stained glass windows and two rosette windows of the front doors, created by Peer Lorentz Dahl. The Madonna sculpture in marble (located in the Church porch) is created by sculptor Knut Steen in 1992. [1] [2]

The church is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 Velkommen til Kampen kirke Archived 18 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine Parish site (in Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 Kampen kirke Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine www.artemisa.no (in Norwegian)
  3. Norske kirkebygg: Kampen kirke Archived 28 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
  4. Kampen kirkested [ permanent dead link ] Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)
  5. Oslo byleksikon: Kampen kirke Cappelen Norsk Forlag, Oslo 2000, page 226 (in Norwegian) ISBN   82-573-0815-3