Landsmarka Chapel

Church in Telemark, Norway

59°14′46″N 9°09′39″E / 59.246072°N 9.160845°E / 59.246072; 9.160845LocationNome Municipality,
TelemarkCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchFounded1895Consecrated1 October 1895ArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Herman BackerArchitectural typeLong churchStyleDragestilCompleted1895 (129 years ago) (1895)SpecificationsCapacity100MaterialsWoodAdministrationDioceseAgder og TelemarkDeaneryØvre Telemark prostiParishLunde og Flåbygd

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site

TypeChurchStatusListedID84891

Landsmarka Chapel (Norwegian: Landsmarka kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landsmarka. It is one of the churches in the Lunde og Flåbygd parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1895 using plans drawn up by the architect Herman Backer. The church seats about 100 people.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History

Landsmarka is a forest village where people had a long way to go to get to a church (either Lunde Church or Holla Church). Towards the end of the 19th century, efforts were made to get a church building in Landsmarka and eventually the local landowner Diderik Cappelen from the Cappelen family, donated land for a new annex chapel. The architect Herman Backer was hired to design the new building and the builder H. Hansen from Skien was hired to lead the construction. The new chapel was designed in a dragestil style so that its look was reminiscent of the medieval stave churches across Norway. The chapel was consecrated on 1 October 1895. The church is a wooden long church. Originally the chapel was stained dark with several shades, but it has since been painted white.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "Landsmarka kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 496. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "Landsmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^ "Landsmarka kapell". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 November 2022.