Nenset Church

Church in Telemark, Norway

59°10′05″N 9°37′48″E / 59.168123°N 9.6298848°E / 59.168123; 9.6298848LocationSkien Municipality,
TelemarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryFormer name(s)Nenset kapellStatusParish churchFounded1961Consecrated17 December 1961ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Gudolf Blakstad and
H. Munthe-KaasArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1961 (63 years ago) (1961)SpecificationsCapacity400MaterialsBrickAdministrationDioceseAgder og TelemarkDeanerySkien prostiParishGimsøy og Nenset

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID85101

Nenset Church (Norwegian: Nenset kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skien Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the Nenset/Tollnes area in the western part of the town of Skien. It is one of the churches for the Gimsøy og Nenset parish which is part of the Skien prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, brick church was built in a long church design in 1961 using plans drawn up by the architects Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas. The church seats about 400 people.^[1]

History

After World War II, there was a desire for an annex chapel and cemetery in the Nenset/Tollnes area, just west of the town of Skien in (what was then) Solum municipality. After some fundraising, this was approved. Gudolf Blakstad and Herman Munthe-Kaas were hired to design the new building. The building had a chapel on the 2nd floor with space for approximately 200 people, while there was a parish hall and kitchen on the 1st floor. The building was consecrated on 17 December 1961. This was intended to be a two-stage construction project with a larger church to be built later. In 1988, the Nenset Chapel was upgraded to parish church status and re-titled as Nenset Church. In 1996, the second building phase was carried out by architect Tor Arild Danielsen. A new church room was completed and parish offices were added into the older part of the building. The newly-enlarged building was re-consecrated on 19 January 1997.^[2]^[3]

References

^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ "Nenset kirkestad" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
^ "Nenset kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 23 December 2022.