Location Ormøya
Oslo, Denomination Church of Norway Website www.oslo.kirken.no Opened 1893 Status Parish church Architect Bernhard Steckmest | Country Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran Consecrated 1893 Phone +47 23 62 98 70 Diocese Diocese of Oslo | |
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Address Ormøybakken 4B, 0198 Oslo, Norway Architectural styles Swiss chalet style, Gothic architecture Similar Bekkelaget Church, Klemetsrud Church, Ljan Church, Mortensrud Church, Sofienberg Church | ||
Ormøy Church is a church on the island of Ormøya in Oslo, Norway. It was built of wood in 1893 and has 200 seats. The church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. The architectural drawings was made by the German architect Bernhard Steckmest and built in a log technique, characterized by gothic and Swiss chalet style. The outer walls are painted red, while the interior is stained brown and oiled.
The pictures of the Four Evangelists are recessed in the pulpit and was painted by Trygve Torkildsen. The small church organ was made in 1924.
On the night of September 19, 1992, the church was tried alight, but the quick reaction from a watchman prevented that the church burned down.
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