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Kulturkirken Jakob
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Kulturkirken Jakob (in English St. James Church of Culture) is a church in Oslo, Norway, designed by architect Georg Andreas Bull and built in 1880.[1] The original name of the Church was St James's Church or Jakobs kirke.
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The church is named after the Apostle James (the Great), in Norwegian language: Apostelen Jakob.
The altarpiece of the building year by Eilif Peterssen and shows the adoring shepherds. In the porch hangs a relief of the Archangel Michael.