Bygdøy Church

For an ancient stave church in the Norwegian Museum of Cultural History at the peninsula of Bygdøy, see Gol Stave Church.
Bygdøy Church
Bygdøy Church
Location in Oslo
Coordinates: 59°54′22.3″N 10°40′44″E / 59.906194°N 10.67889°E / 59.906194; 10.67889
Location Strømsborgveien 12,
Bygdøy, Oslo
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Finn Bryn
Completed 1968
Specifications
Capacity 200
Materials Concrete[1]
Administration
Deanery Oslo arch-deanery
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Bygdøy Church (Norwegian: Bygdøy kirke) is a church that was built in a fan plan in 1968 on the peninsula of Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway.[1] It replaced the Bygdøy chapel, which burned ten years earlier.[2]

The church, which is located on a hill, is made of white painted concrete and has large sloping ceilings and a separate bell tower with two church bells, created by Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry. The number of seats is about 200. The building contains also a sacristy, baptistry lounge and kitchen in the basement.

The altarpiece is a glass mosaic with metal and a gold-plated field created by Veslemøy Nystedt Stoltenberg in 1995. There is a large cross that is made of brass with turquoise, molded pieces of vitreous enamel at the side wall. The pulpit and the baptismal font are designed by the architect. The church has a church organ with 15 voices. To the west are copper doors with reliefs, created by Ørnulf Bast.[2] [3][4]

The church is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[5]

Interior

References

  1. 1 2 Kirkesøk: Tonsen Church (Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 Bygdøy kirke Norske kirkebygg (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon (5th ed.) Kunnskapsforlaget, 2010, page 109 (Norwegian) ISBN 9788257317607
  4. ↑ Alf Henry Rasmussen: Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (Vanebo Forlag. 1993), page 701 (Norwegian) ISBN 82-7527-022-7
  5. ↑ Bygdøy kirkested Kulturminnesøk Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Norwegian)
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