Tolga Church

Tolga Church
Tolga kirke
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62°24′54″N 10°59′39″E / 62.4150438854°N 10.9941118955°E / 62.4150438854; 10.9941118955
LocationTolga Municipality,
Innlandet
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Founded1688
Consecrated15 November 1840
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)R.S. Aspaas
Architectural typeOctagonal
Completed1840 (184 years ago) (1840)
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsWood
Administration
DioceseHamar bispedømme
DeaneryNord-Østerdal prosti
ParishTolga
TypeChurch
StatusAutomatically protected
ID85642

Tolga Church (Norwegian: Tolga kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Tolga Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Tolga. It is the church for the Tolga parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1840 using plans drawn up by the architect Rasmus Svendsen Aspaas. The church seats about 300 people.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Tolga kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 28 November 2021.