Sømådal Church

Sømådal Church
Sømådal kirke
View of the church
62°05′57″N 11°39′39″E
Location	Engerdal Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1937
Consecrated	1 September 1937
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1937 (88 years ago) (1937)
Specifications
Capacity	150
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Sør-Østerdal prosti
Parish	Sømådal
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	85040

Sømådal Church (Norwegian: Sømådal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Engerdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Sømådal. It is the church for the Sømådal parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1937. The church seats about 150 people.[1][2]

History

View of the church

In 1923, a cemetery was built in Sømådal to serve the northwestern part of the municipality near the border with Rendalen, Tolga, and Os municipalities. In the mid-1930s, the parish began planning for a church at the site of the cemetery. Gustav Knutsen was hired as the lead builder. The new church was consecrated on 1 September 1937.[3]

See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Sømådal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
3. "Sømådal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 19 December 2021.