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Sørkedalen Church

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Location
  
Sørkedalen Oslo,

Denomination
  
Church of Norway

Website
  
kirken.no/sorkedalen

Address
  
0758 Oslo, Norway

Capacity
  
250

Diocese
  
Diocese of Oslo

Country
  
Norway

Churchmanship
  
Evangelical Lutheran

Consecrated
  
1865

Opened
  
1865

Status
  
Parish church

Architect
  
Christian Heinrich Grosch

Sørkedalen Church

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Sørkedalen Church is a church in Sørkedalen in Oslo, Norway. The edifice is made of brick and has 250 seats. The church is in the Gothic Revival style. Adjacent to the church is a cemetery. Christian Heinrich Grosch had been tasked to prepare plans and drawings for the church and it was consecrated on September 15, 1865 by Bishop Jens Lauritz Arup. The surrounding cemetery was also consecrated at the same time.

In 1865 the church had two church bells, an organ and a simple wooden cross at the altar.

In the 1930s the interior was changed after plans of architect Georg Greve. Today's altarpiece made of wood are of Dagfin Werenskiold and is a replica of the altarpiece of his in Hornindal Church. The stained glass windows in the church are created by Bernhard Greve.

The former organ was replaced in 1976 by a 15 voices pipe organ from Ott Organ Factory in Göttingen.

Sørkedalen church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.

References

Sørkedalen Church Wikipedia