Gravberget Church

Church in Innlandet, Norway

60°52′44″N 12°14′43″E / 60.87880278469°N 12.24529346820°E / 60.87880278469; 12.24529346820LocationVåler Municipality,
InnlandetCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1955Consecrated30 October 1955ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Magnus PoulssonArchitectural typeFan-shapedCompleted1955 (69 years ago) (1955)SpecificationsCapacity150MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseHamar bispedømmeDeanerySolør, Vinger og Odal prostiParishGravberget

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusProtectedID84411

Gravberget Church (Norwegian: Gravberget kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Våler Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gravberget. It is the church for the Gravberget parish which is part of the Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in a fan-shaped design in 1955 using plans drawn up by the architect Magnus Poulsson. The church seats about 150 people.^[1]^[2]

History

During the 1950s, the parish decided to build a church in the Finnskogen forest area in eastern Våler. In 1952, Magnus Poulsson was hired to design the new church. The church design is reminiscent of the shape of a spruce tree. The base is almost square, and the tower superstructure is pyramid-shaped. The tower above the roof is set diagonally in relation to the building itself. It thus becomes a pyramid diagonally above the pyramid. The church was built in 1955 and it was consecrated on 30 October 1955 by the Bishop Kristian Schjelderup.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Gravberget kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Gravberget kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
^ "Gravberget kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 30 December 2021.