Narbuvoll Church

Narbuvoll Church (Norwegian: Narbuvoll kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Os Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Narbuvoll. It is one of the churches for the Narbuvoll parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, stone church was built in a long church design in 1862 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 150 people. It is the only stone church in all of the Nord-Østerdal prosti.^[1][2]

Narbuvoll Church
Narbuvoll kirke
View of the church
62°21′03″N 11°28′03″E
Location	Os Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1862
Consecrated	2 November 1862
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1862 (162 years ago) (1862)
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Stone
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Nord-Østerdal prosti
Parish	Narbuvoll
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	85093

History

View of the choir inside the church

The people living in the southern part of the valley in Os had long desired a church near them. In the 1860s, plans were made to build a church in Narbuvoll. A local man named Ingebret Mikkelsen Narbuvoll donated land for a church. Christian Heinrich Grosch designed a stone church for the site and Knut Skancke was hired as the lead builder. The new church was consecrated on 2 November 1862 (two days after the nearby Os Church was consecrated). Originally, the church seated about 200 people. In the 1960s, the second floor seating gallery was removed which lowered the capacity to about 150 people.^[3]

See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Narbuvoll kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
3. "Narbuvoll kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 November 2021.