Gjesåsen Church

Gjesåsen Church
Gjesåsen kirke
View of the church
60°40′42″N 12°01′29″E
Location	Åsnes Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1863
Consecrated	16 December 1863
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Peter Høier Holtermann
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1863 (161 years ago) (1863)
Specifications
Capacity	300
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti
Parish	Gjesåsen
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84261

Gjesåsen Church (Norwegian: Gjesåsen kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Åsnes Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gjesåsen. It is the church for the Gjesåsen parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1863 using plans drawn up by the architect Peter Høier Holtermann. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

History

In the 1860s, planning began for a new church in Gjesåsen. The church was designed by Peter Høier Holtermann. It is a wooden long church with a rectangular nave, a narrower chancel on the east end with a lower roof line, and a tower with a church porch at the foot of the tower on the west end of the nave. The new building was consecrated on 16 December 1863. In 1945, the choir was rebuilt. In 1954, a sacristy was built on the south side of the choir.[3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Gjesåsen kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
3. "Gjesåsen kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
4. "Gjesåsen kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2021.