Trinity Church (Oslo)

Trinity Church
Trefoldighetskirken
59°54′59.57″N 10°44′42.83″E / 59.9165472°N 10.7452306°ECoordinates: 59°54′59.57″N 10°44′42.83″E / 59.9165472°N 10.7452306°E
Location	Akersgata 60, Oslo,
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/kirkeneioslo
History
Consecrated	1858
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Alexis de Chateauneuf, Wilhelm von Hanno
Style	Neo Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Brick
Administration
Parish	Trefoldighet (Trinity)
Diocese	Diocese of Oslo

Trinity Church (in Norwegian, Trefoldighetskirken), is a church in the Hammersborg neighborhood in central Oslo, Norway. Trinity Church is neighbor of the government buildings in Regjeringskvartalet. It is the parish church of the parish of Trinity, belonging to the Diocese of Oslo of the Church of Norway. It is one of the largest churches in Oslo (1000 seats). The church itself is in the raw red brick, while the vaults, arches and small columns have gray scale color. The nave is octagonal with a Greek cross superimposed, with the choir in the apse, shallow transept and rectangular entrance flanked by two slender, octagonal bell towers. A central dome rises above the church.^[1] Trinity Church is one of the largest of the many octagonal churches in Norway, but one of few constructed in red brick.

Trinity Church in 1890. St. Olav's Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in the background

Wilhelm von Hannos combined octagonal-cruciform floorplan.

History

Trinity Church was consecrated in 1858 by Bishop Jens Lauritz Arup. The church has a neo-Gothic central plan, with two towers and eight-sided dome, and was designed by architect Alexis de Chateauneuf (Hamburg, Germany), but some time after the work was entrusted to his pupil Wilhelm von Hanno, who made some modifications to the original plans and put his personal stamp on the details of interior decoration. The main body (1872) is the work of Claus Jensen, the altarpiece (1866) is a painting by Adolph Tidemand (the Baptism of Jesus), chandeliers were designed by Emanuel Vigeland in 1923, and Frøydis Haavardsholm was the designer of the stained glass windows.^[2][3][4]

Gallery: Interior

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  Interior
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  The altarpiece by Adolph Tidemand
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  Baptismal font
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  The chandelier in Trinity Church. Created by Emanuel Vigeland
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  Detail of a capital (architecture)

Gallery: Stained glass

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  "The history of Israel"
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  "Jesus suffering"
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  "The creation"
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  "The wheat grain"
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  "The pearl"
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  "The water of life"
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  "The tree of life"

See also

• List of Trinity Churches

External links

• Official website in Norwegian

References

1. Store Norske Leksikon in Norwegian
2. www.kirkesok,no/Trefoldighetskirken-Oslo in Norwegian
3. Norske kirkebygg in Norwegian
4. Jens Christian Eldal and Kiri Havran: Kirker i Norge, volume 3: Med historiske forbilder. 1800-tallet (ARFO, 2002), page 120-123 In Norwegian