Øvre Vang Church

Church in Innlandet, Norway
60°50′45″N 11°12′17″E / 60.8459121480°N 11.2046585977°E / 60.8459121480; 11.2046585977LocationHamar Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryFormer name(s)Vangsaasens kapellStatusParish churchFounded1907Consecrated28 August 1907ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Johan Joachim Meyer
and Andreas BuggeArchitectural typeCruciformCompleted1907 (117 years ago) (1907)SpecificationsCapacity300MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeaneryHamar domprostiParishVangTypeChurchStatusProtectedID85931

Øvre Vang Church (Norwegian: Øvre Vang kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Slemsrud. It is one of the churches for the Vang parish which is part of the Hamar domprosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a cruciform design in 1907 using plans drawn up by the architects Johan Joachim Meyer and Andreas Bugge. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

History

In 1901, the municipal council of Vang began planning for a new annex chapel in the northern part of the municipality. Architectural drafts were designed by Johan Joachim Meyer and later when Meyer was ill, the plans were modified by Andreas Bugge who moved the tower to above the west entrance rather than over the centre of the nave as had first been planned. The church was built from 1903 to 1907. The chapel is a half-timbered cruciform building, but the cross-arms are quite short and the interior is laid out as if it were a long church. The chapel has a west tower above the church porch, a choir in the east, and sacristies on each side of the choir. The new building was consecrated on 28 August 1907 by Bishop Christen Brun. The chapel was originally named Vangsaasen kapell (later it was renamed Øvre Vang kapell). More recently, the chapel was upgraded to parish church status so that the parish of Vang has two churches now.[3][4]

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References

  1. ^ "Øvre Vang kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Øvre Vang kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 5 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Øvre Vang kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 January 2022.
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