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Brumunddal Church

Church in Innlandet, Norway

60°53′05″N 10°57′10″E / 60.88459044085°N 10.95276966682°E / 60.88459044085; 10.95276966682LocationRingsaker Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1965Consecrated28 November 1965ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Molle Cappelen,
Per Cappelen, and
Svein Erik LundbyArchitectural typeLong churchCompleted1965 (59 years ago) (1965)SpecificationsCapacity350MaterialsWood and brickAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeaneryRingsaker prostiParishBrumunddal/Veldre

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusNot protectedID83959

Brumunddal Church (Norwegian: Brumunddal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Brumunddal. It is one of the two churches for the Brumunddal/Veldre parish which is part of the Ringsaker prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown wood and white brick church was built in a long church design in 1965 using plans drawn up by the architects Molle Cappelen, Per Cappelen, and Svein Erik Lundby. The church seats about 350 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The parish made plans for a new church in Brumunddal during the 1960s. Molle Cappelen, Per Cappelen, and Svein Erik Lundby were hired to design the new church. The large nave has seating for about 350 people. On one side of the nave there is a church hall and on the other side is an extension with a priest's office, sacristy, and baptismal waiting room.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Brumunddal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "Brumunddal kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
^ "Brumunddal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.