List of churches in Hamar

The list of churches in Hamar is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Hamar in Norway. It includes all of the parishes in Innlandet county plus the parishes in Lunner Municipality in Viken county. The diocese is based at the Hamar Cathedral in the city of Hamar in Hamar Municipality.

Map of the deaneries within the Diocese of Hamar

The list is divided into several sections, one for each deanery (prosti; headed by a provost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or more parishes (sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or more local church. The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time.^[1]

The Diocese of Hamar was first established in 1153 when Norway was part of the Catholic Church. During the Reformation in Norway, in 1537, the diocese was incorporated into the Diocese of Christiania. In 1864, the Diocese of Hamar was re-established and at that time, it included all of Hedmark and Oppland counties. Originally, the diocese was divided into Hedemarken prosti (later Hamar domprosti), Gudbrandsdalen prosti, Valdres prosti, and Hadeland, Ringerike og Hallingdal prosti. Over the years, the various deaneries have been subdivided and changed. Currently, there are 10 deaneries. On 1 January 2020, the two counties were merged into Innlandet county except for the municipalities of Lunner and Jevnaker which were merged into Viken county, so the diocese includes all of Innlandet plus the two municipalities in Viken. As of 2018, the 52,589-square-kilometre (20,305 sq mi) diocese had 308,697 members (about 82% of the population).^[2]

Hamar domprosti

Main article: Hamar arch-deanery

This arch-deanery (Norwegian: domprosti) covers several municipalities in the central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Hamar, Løten, and Stange. The arch-deanery is headquartered at the Hamar Cathedral in the city of Hamar in Hamar Municipality.^[3]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Hamar	Hamar	Hamar Cathedral	Hamar	1866
		Storhamar Church	Hamar	1975
	Vang	Vang Church	Ridabu	1810
		Øvre Vang Church	Slemsrud	1907
Løten	Løten	Løten Church	Løten	c. 1200
		Oppegård Chapel	Oppegård	1886
		Oset Chapel	Oset	1885
Stange	Ottestad	Ottestad Church	Ottestad	1731
	Romedal	Romedal Church	Romedal	1887
	Stange	Stange Church	Stangebyen	1250
	Tangen	Strandlykkja Church	Strandlykkja	1915
		Tangen Church	Tangen	1861
	Vallset	Vallset Church	Vallset	1850

Hadeland og Land prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in the southern part of the diocese. It is the only deanery in the diocese to span parts of two counties. It includes the municipalities of Gran, Nordre Land, and Søndre Land in Innlandet county and Jevnaker and Lunner in Viken county. The deanery is headquartered at Ål Church in the village of Jaren in Gran Municipality.^[4]

The deanery was established in 1864 when Jevnaker and Lunner from the Hadeland, Ringerike og Hallingdal prosti and Nordre Land and Søndre Land from the Valdres prosti were joined to form the newly created Hadeland og Land prosti.^[5]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gran	Bjoneroa	Sørum Church	Bjoneroa	1861
	Brandbu	Nes Church	Røykenvik	1730
	Gran/Tingelstad	Grymyr Church	Grymyr	2003
		St. Mary's Church	Granavollen	c. 1150
		St. Nicholas' Church	Granavollen	c. 1150
		Tingelstad Church	Tingelstad	1866
		Old Tingelstad Church	Tingelstad	c. 1220
	Moen/Ål	Moen Church	Jaren	1914
		Ål Church	Gran	1929
Jevnaker	Jevnaker	Jevnaker Church	Prestmoen	1834
		Randsfjord Church	Jevnaker	1916
Lunner	Grua/Harestua	Grua Church	Grua	1924
		Harestua Chapel	Harestua	2001
	Lunner	Lunner Church	Lunner	12th century
		Oppdalen Chapel	Oppdalen	1914
Nordre Land	Lunde	Lunde Church	Lunde	1769
	Nordsinni	Haugner Church	Nordsinni	1950
		Nordsinni Church	Nordsinni	1758
	Torpa	Kinn Church	Aust-Torpa	1956
		Åmot Church	Fagerlund	1823
	Østsinni	Østsinni Church	Dokka	1877
		Vølstad Church	Vølstad	1959
Søndre Land	Fluberg	Fluberg Church	Fluberg	1703
		Landåsbygda Church	Landåsbygda	1965
	Skute	Skute Church	Ringelia	1915
	Søndre Land	Enger Church	Enger	1875
		Hov Church	Hov	1781

Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti

Main article: Nord-Gudbrandsdal Deanery

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in the northwestern part of the diocese. It includes churches in the municipalities of Dovre, Lesja, Lom, Nord-Fron, Sel, Skjåk, and Vågå. The deanery is headquartered at Sel Church in the north side of the town of Otta in Sel Municipality.^[6]

The deanery was established in 1871 when the old Gudbrandsdalen prosti was divided into Søndre Gudbrandsdalen prosti and Nordre Gudbrandsdalen prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Gudbrandsdal prosti" to "Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti", both meaning "northern Gudbrandsdalen".^[7] Also in 1922, Sel municipality was transferred out of this deanery to the new Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti ("middle Gudbrandsdal"). In 1972, the Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti was dissolved and the municipalities of Sel and Fron were transferred into this deanery at that time.^[8][9]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Dovre	Dombås	Dombås Church	Dombås	1939
		Eystein Church	Hjerkinn	1969
	Dovre	Dovre Church	Dovre	1736
Lesja	Lesja og Lesjaskog	Lesja Church	Lesja	1749
		Lesjaskog Church	Lesjaskog	1697
		Lesjaverk Church	Lesjaverk	1964
Lom	Bøverdalen	Bøverdal Church	Galdesanden (Bøverdal)	1864
	Garmo	Garmo Church	Garmo	1879
	Lom	Lom Stave Church	Fossbergom	c. 1185
Nord-Fron	Kvam	Kvam Church	Kvam	1952
	Kvikne	Kvikne Church	Kvikne	1764
	Skåbu	Skåbu Church	Skåbu	1927
	Sødorp	Sødorp Church	Vinstra	1752
		Sødorp Chapel	Vinstra	1929
Sel	Heidal	Heidal Church	Bjølstad	1941
	Nord-Sel	Nord-Sel Church	Nord-Sel	1932
	Sel	Sel Church	Selsverket	1742
		Sjoa Chapel	Sjoa	1978
Skjåk	Nordberg	Nordberg Church	Nordberg	1864
	Skjåk	Skjåk Church	Skjåk	1752
Vågå	Vågå	Vågå Church	Vågåmo	c. 1625

Nord-Østerdal prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in the northeastern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Alvdal, Folldal, Os, Rendalen, Tolga, and Tynset. The deanery is headquartered at Tynset Church in the village of Tynset in Tynset Municipality.^[10]

The deanery was established in 1868 when the old Østerdalen prosti was divided into Søndre Østerdalen prosti and Nordre Østerdalen prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Østerdalen prosti" to "Nord-Østerdal prosti", both meaning "northern Østerdalen".^[7][11]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Alvdal	Alvdal	Alvdal Church	Alvdal	1861
Folldal	Folldal	Folldal Church	Folldal	1882
		Egnund Chapel	Einabu	1975
	Øvre Folldal	Dalen Church	Dalholen	1934
Os	Dalsbygda	Dalsbygda Church	Dalsbygda	1960
	Narbuvoll	Narbuvoll Church	Narbuvoll	1862
		Tufsingdalen Church	Tufsingdal	1920
	Os	Os Church	Os i Østerdalen	1862
Rendalen	Hanestad	Hanestad Church	Hanestad	1926
	Sjøli	Sjøli Church	Sjølisand	1914
	Ytre Rendal	Ytre Rendal Church	Otnes	1751
	Øvre Rendal	Øvre Rendal Church	Bergset	1759
Tolga	Hodalen	Hodalen Church	Hodalen	1934
	Holøydalen	Holøydalen Church	Øversjødalen	1908
	Tolga	Tolga Church	Tolga	1840
	Vingelen	Vingelen Church	Vingelen	1880
Tynset	Brydalen	Brydalen Church	Brydalen	1883
	Kvikne	Kvikne Church	Kvikne	1654
	Tylldalen	Tylldalen Church	Tylldalen	1736
	Tynset	Tynset Church	Tynset	1795

Ringsaker prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers the municipality of Ringsaker in the central part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered at Ringsaker Church in the village of Moelv in Ringsaker Municipality.^[12]

The deanery was established in 2007 when it was separated from the Hamar domprosti.

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Ringsaker	Brumunddal/Veldre	Brumunddal Church	Brumunddal	1965
		Veldre Church	Byflaten	2000
	Brøttum	Brøttum Church	Brøttum	1790
		Mesnali Church	Mesnali	1933
	Furnes	Furnes Church	Furnes	1707
	Nes	Helgøya Church	Helgøya	1870
		Nes Church	Tingnes	1250
		Stavsjø Church	Stavsjø	1880
	Ringsaker	Ringsaker Church	Moelv	1100s
	Åsmarka	Åsmarka Church	Åsmarka	1859

Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in the Glåmdal river valley in the southeastern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Eidskog, Kongsvinger, Nord-Odal, Sør-Odal, Grue, Våler, and Åsnes. The deanery is headquartered at Vinger Church in the town of Kongsvinger in Kongsvinger Municipality.^[13]

The deanery was established in 1855 when the old Øvre Romerike prosti was divided. It was originally called Solør and Odal prosti. In 1868, northern part of Solør (Våler and Åsnes parishes) was transferred to the then newly established Sør-Østerdal prosti. In 1922, the southern part of Solør (Hof, Grue, and Brandval parishes) were separated to join the newly created Solør prosti. The remaining parts of this deanery then changed its name to Vinger og Odal prosti. In 1990, the parish of Brandval was transferred from Solør prosti to Vinger og Odal prosti. In 2013, the deanery regained its original boundaries when the old Solør prosti was merged back. The deanery's name was then changed to Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti.^[14][15]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Eidskog	Eidskog	Eidskog Church	Matrand	1665
		Magnor Church	Magnor	1923
	Vestmarka	Vestmarka Church	Vestmarka	1883
Grue	Grue	Grue Church	Kirkenær	1825
	Grue Finnskog	Grue Finnskog Church	Svullrya	1886
Kongsvinger	Austmarka	Austmarka Church	Austmarka	1858
	Brandval	Brandval Church	Brandval	1651
		Lundersæter Church	Lundersæter	1868
		Roverud Church	Roverud	1969
	Vinger	Vinger Church	Kongsvinger	1699
Nord-Odal	Mo	Mo Church	Mo	1864
	Sand	Sand Church	Sand	1891
		Trøftskogen Chapel	Trautskogen	1931
Sør-Odal	Oppstad	Oppstad Church	Oppstad	1725
	Strøm	Strøm Church	Strøm	1857
	Ullern	Ullern Church	Ullern	1868
Våler	Gravberget	Gravberget Church	Gravberget	1955
	Våler	Våler Church	Våler	2015
		Risberget Chapel	Risberget	1862
Åsnes	Arneberg	Arneberg Church	Jammerdalen	1878
	Gjesåsen	Gjesåsen Church	Gjesåsen	1863
	Hof	Hof Church	Hof	1861
	Hof Finnskog	Hof Finnskog Church	Dulpetorpet	1953
	Åsnes	Åsnes Church	Flisa	1744
	Åsnes Finnskog	Åsnes Finnskog Church	Vermundsjøen	1861

Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Gausdal, Lillehammer, Ringebu, Sør-Fron, and Øyer. The deanery is headquartered at Lillehammer Church in the town of Lillehammer in Lillehammer Municipality.^[16]

The deanery was established in 1871 when the old Gudbrandsdalen prosti was divided into Nordre Gudbrandsdalen prosti and Søndre Gudbrandsdalen prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Gudbrandsdal prosti" to "Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti", both meaning "southern Gudbrandsdalen".^[7] Also in 1922, Ringebu municipality was transferred out of this deanery to the new Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti ("middle Gudbrandsdal"). In 1972, the Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti was dissolved and the municipality of Ringebu was transferred into this deanery.^[8][17]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gausdal	Aulstad	Aulstad Church	Aulstad	1864
	Follebu	Follebu Church	Follebu	1260
	Svatsum	Svatsum Church	Svatsum	1860
	Vestre Gausdal	Vestre Gausdal Church	Forset	1784
	Østre Gausdal	Østre Gausdal Church	Østre Gausdal	1250
Lillehammer	Fåberg	Fåberg Church	Fåberg	1727
	Lillehammer	Lillehammer Church	Lillehammer	1882
	Nordre Ål	Nordre Ål Church	Lillehammer	1994
		Nordseter Church	Nordseter	1964
	Saksumdal	Saksumdal Church	Saksumdalen	1875
	Søre Ål	Søre Ål Church	Lillehammer	1964
	Vingrom	Vingrom Church	Vingrom	1908
Ringebu	Fåvang	Fåvang Stave Church	Fåvang	1630
		Fåvangfjellet Chapel	Gulhaugsætra	1974
	Ringebu	Ringebu Stave Church	Ringebu	c. 1220
	Venabygd	Venabygd Church	Venabygd	1780
		Venabygd Chapel	Venabu	1979
Sør-Fron	Sør-Frøn	Sør-Fron Church	Hundorp	1792
		Espedalen Chapel	Espedalen	1974
Øyer	Tretten	Tretten Church	Tretten	1728
	Øyer	Øyer Church	Tingberg	1725

Sør-Østerdal prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in the east-central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Elverum, Engerdal, Stor-Elvdal, Trysil, Åmot. The deanery is headquartered at Elverum Church in the town of Elverum in Elverum Municipality.^[18]

The deanery was established in 1868 when the old Østerdalen prosti was divided into Søndre Østerdalen prosti and Nordre Østerdalen prosti. A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Østerdalen prosti" to "Sør-Østerdal prosti", both meaning "southern Østerdalen".^[7][19]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Elverum	Elverum	Elverum Church	Elverum	1736
	Heradsbygd	Heradsbygd Church	Heradsbygd	1895
	Hernes	Hernes Church	Hernes	1935
	Nordskogbygda	Nordskogbygda Church	Nordskogbygda	1873
	Sørskogbygda	Sørskogbygda Church	Sørskogbygda	1873
Engerdal	Drevsjø	Drevsjø Church	Drevsjø	1848
	Elgå	Elgå Church	Elgå	1946
	Engerdal	Engerdal Church	Engerdal	1873
	Sømådal	Sømådal Church	Sømådal	1937
	Søre Elvdal	Søre Elvdal Church	Nymoen	1885
Stor-Elvdal	Atneosen	Atneosen Church	Atna	1882
	Sollia	Sollia Church	Sollia	1738
	Stor-Elvdal	Evenstad Church	Evenstad	1904
		Koppang Church	Koppang	1952
		Stor-Elvdal Church	Negardshaugen	1821
	Strand	Strand Church	Strand	1863
Trysil	Ljørdalen	Ljørdalen Church	Ljørdalen	1872
	Nordre Trysil	Nordre Trysil Church	Jordet	2000
	Søre Trysil	Plassen Church	Plassen	1907
	Søre Osen	Søre Osen Church	Søre Osen	1882
	Trysil	Trysil Church	Innbygda	1861
	Tørberget	Tørberget Church	Tørberget	1922
	Østby	Østby Church	Østby	1940
Åmot	Deset	Deset Church	Deset	1867
	Nordre Osen	Nordre Osen Church	Osneset	1923
		Old Nordre Osen Church	Osneset	1777
	Åmot	Åmot Church	Rena	1901

Toten prosti

Main article: Toten Deanery

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers three municipalities in the southern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Gjøvik, Vestre Toten, and Østre Toten. The deanery is headquartered at Gjøvik Church in the town of Gjøvik in Gjøvik Municipality. The deanery was established in 1853 when the old Toten og Valdres prosti was divided into Valdres prosti and Toten prosti.^[20]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Gjøvik	Biri	Biri Church	Biri	1777
	Bråstad	Bråstad Church	Bråstad	1963
	Engehaugen	Engehaugen Church	Gjøvik	1994
	Gjøvik	Gjøvik Church	Gjøvik	1994
	Hunn	Hunn Church	Hunndalen	1968
	Snertingdal	Nykirke	Ålset in Snertingdal	1872
		Seegård Church	Seegård	1997
	Vardal	Vardal Church	Øverbygda	1803
Vestre Toten	Eina	Eina Church	Eina	1890
	Raufoss	Raufoss Church	Raufoss	1939
	Ås	Ås Church	Bøverbru	1921
Østre Toten	Balke	Balke Church	Skreia	1170
		Totenviken Church	Totenvika	1896
	Hoff	Hoff Church	Kraby	c. 1175
	Kapp	Kapp Church	Kapp	1939
	Kolbu	Kolbu Church	Kolbu	1730
	Nordlien	Nordlien Church	Nordlia	1901

Valdres prosti

This deanery (Norwegian: prosti) covers several municipalities in Valdres in the southwestern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities of Etnedal, Nord-Aurdal, Sør-Aurdal, Vang, Vestre Slidre, and Øystre Slidre. The deanery is headquartered at Aurdal Church in the village of Aurdal in Nord-Aurdal Municipality.^[21]

Valdres prosti was established in 1853 when the old Toten og Valdres prosti was divided into Valdres prosti and Toten prosti. In 1864, the municipalities of Nordre Land and Søndre Land were transferred from this deanery to the Hadeland og Land prosti.^[5][22]

Municipality	Parish (sokn)	Church	Location	Year built	Photo
Etnedal	Bruflat	Bruflat Church	Bruflat	1750
	Nord-Etnedal	Nord-Etnedal Church	Brøtahaugen	1866
Nord-Aurdal	Aurdal	Aurdal Church	Aurdal	1737
	Skrautvål	Skrautvål Church	Skrautvål	1785
	Svenes	Strand Church	Synnstrond	1735
	Tingnes	Tingnes Church	Fagernes	1972
	Tisleidalen	Tisleidalen Church	Hovda	1957
	Ulnes	Ulnes Church	Ulnes	1250
Sør-Aurdal	Bagn	Bagn Church	Bagn	1736
	Begnadalen	Begnadalen Church	Begnadalen	1964
	Hedalen	Hedalen Stave Church	Hedalen	c. 1165
	Leirskogen	Leirskogen Church	Leirskogen	1924
	Reinli	Reinli Stave Church	Reinli	1326
		Reinli Chapel	Reinli	1964
Vang	Heensåsen	Heensåsen Church	Hænsgardane	1902
	Høre	Høre Stave Church	Kvien	1180
	Vang	Vang Church	Vang i Valdres	1840
	Øye	Øye Church	Øye	1747
		Øye Stave Church	Øye	1965
		St. Thomas Church	Filefjell	1971
Vestre Slidre	Lomen	Lomen Church	Lomen	1914
		Lomen Stave Church	Lomen	1179
	Røn	Røn Church	Røn	1747
		Øyjar Chapel	Øyjar	1963
	Slidre	Vestre Slidre Church	Slidre	c. 1200
Øystre Slidre	Hegge	Hegge Stave Church	Hegge	1216
	Lidar	Lidar Church	Skammestein	1932
	Rogne	Rogne Church	Rogne	1857
	Volbu	Volbu Church	Volbu	1820

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