Lovisenberg Church

Lovisenberg Church
Lovisenberg Church
Location in Oslo
Coordinates: 59°55′58.3″N 10°44′42″E / 59.932861°N 10.74500°E / 59.932861; 10.74500
Location Lovisenberggata 9, Oslo
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Harald Aars
Architectural type Romanesque Revival
Completed 1912
Specifications
Materials Brick[1]
Administration
Parish Sentrum og St. Hanshaugen
Deanery Oslo arch-deanery
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Lovisenberg Church (Norwegian: Lovisenberg kirke) is a church in the neighborhood of Lovisenberg in Oslo, Norway. The church is a basilica in Romanesque Revival style. The building is made of red brick and has a gable roof covered with slate. The bell tower is located to the side of the ridge and baptismal sacristy is to the right of the main entrance.[2]

The church is adorned with stained glass by Maria Vigeland in the choir showing the birth of Jesus, the Crucifixion and the Angel in the empty tomb. She has also created pieces of stained glass in side windows. On the altar is a cross from Oberammergau. The pulpit, the altar rail, the benches and other fixtures are made of spruce of the local carpenter master A. Berger. The baptismal font is in blue white marble from Velfjord, Nordland. The church got a new organ in 1995. The two church bells are created by Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry.[2][3][4]

Interior

Lovisenberg Church is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[5]

References

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  1. ↑ Kirkesøk: Tonsen Church (Norwegian)
  2. 1 2 M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New ed. by K.A. Tvedt and Ø. Reisegg), Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007, pp 129-130 (Norwegian)
  3. ↑ Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo Byleksikon (5th ed.; Kunnskapsforlaget, 2010, page 342
  4. ↑ Lovisenberg kirke Norske kirkebygg (Norwegian)
  5. ↑ Lovisenberg kirkested kulturminnesok.no Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (Norwegian)
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