Gjesåsen Church

Church in Innlandet, Norway

60°40′42″N 12°01′29″E / 60.678401496°N 12.0246005058°E / 60.678401496; 12.0246005058LocationÅsnes Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1863Consecrated16 December 1863ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Peter Høier HoltermannArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1863 (161 years ago) (1863)SpecificationsCapacity300MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeanerySolør, Vinger og Odal prostiParishGjesåsen

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID84261

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]

References

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