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Tolga Church
Church in Innlandet, Norway / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tolga Church (Norwegian: Tolga kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tolga Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tolga. It is the church for the Tolga parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1840 using plans drawn up by the architect Rasmus Svendsen Aspaas. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]
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Tolga kirke | |
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62°24′54″N 10°59′39″E | |
Location | Tolga Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1688 |
Consecrated | 15 November 1840 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | R.S. Aspaas |
Architectural type | Octagonal |
Completed | 1840 (184 years ago) (1840) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 300 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Deanery | Nord-Østerdal prosti |
Parish | Tolga |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 85642 |
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