Grønland Church (Oslo)

Grønland Church
Grønland kirke
59°54′39.852″N 10°46′3.5904″E / 59.91107000°N 10.767664000°E / 59.91107000; 10.767664000Coordinates: 59°54′39.852″N 10°46′3.5904″E / 59.91107000°N 10.767664000°E / 59.91107000; 10.767664000
Location Grønlndsleiret 34,
Oslo,
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website kirken.no/gamlebyenoggronland
History
Consecrated 1868
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Wilhelm von Hanno
Style Neo Romansque architecture
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Gamlebyen og Grønland
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Grønland Church is a church from 1868 located in Grønland, Oslo in the borough of Gamle Oslo, Norway. Its architect was Wilhelm von Hanno, who also designed the school, former fire station and former police station, together with the church is a unified group of buildings in Grønland, a district that recently (1859) had been incorporated into Christiania (the former name of the city of Oslo). Grønland Church was consecrated in 1868 and restored in 1988.[1]

The structure is of brick, in neo-Romanesque style, and has 800 seats.

Grønland Church congregation was formed in 1861. The church owns and operates Vestasol camp at Larkollen off Moss. It hosts social gatherings and meetings, and church members work together in the effort to maintain the camp site.[2]

Grønland Church is a heritage site and is registered in the Cultural Heritage monument data base of Norway.[3]

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