Åsmarka Church

Åsmarka Church (Norwegian: Åsmarka kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Åsmarka. It is the church for the Åsmarka parish which is part of the Ringsaker prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a octagonal design in 1859 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 180 people.^[1][2]

Åsmarka Church
Åsmarka kirke
View of the church
61°00′42″N 10°46′48″E
Location	Ringsaker Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1859
Consecrated	1860
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type	Octagonal
Completed	1859 (165 years ago) (1859)
Specifications
Capacity	180
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Ringsaker prosti
Parish	Åsmarka
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	85998

History

The Brøttum Church parish was quite large and the people of the Åsmarka area had long wished for a chapel of their own. In the mid-1800s, the parish began planning for an annex chapel at Åsmarka, known then as Aasmarken Chapel. In 1858, Jacob Wilhelm Nordan was hired to design the building (this was his first of nearly 100 churches that he designed in his career). The building was an octagonal design and reminiscent of the Swiss chalet style. It had a church porch extension on the west end and a sacristy extension in the east. Construction took place in 1859. It was completed on 2 November 1859 and it was consecrated early in 1860, but the date is not known. In 1901, the old church porch was removed and a new porch was constructed. In 1981, the chapel was upgraded to parish church status and has been titled Åsmarka Church since that time.^[3][4]

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See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Åsmarka kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
3. "Åsmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
4. "Åsmarka kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.