Trinity Church (Oslo)

Trinity Church
Trefoldighetskirken
Trinity Church is located in Oslo
Trinity Church
Trinity Church
Trinity Church is located in Norway
Trinity Church
Trinity Church
59°54′59.57″N 10°44′42.83″E / 59.9165472°N 10.7452306°E / 59.9165472; 10.7452306
LocationAkersgata 60,
Oslo,
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
Websitehttps://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/kirkeneioslo
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated1858
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Alexis de Chateauneuf,
Wilhelm von Hanno
StyleNeo Gothic
Specifications
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Oslo
ParishTrefoldighet (Trinity)

Trinity Church (in Norwegian, Trefoldighetskirken), is a church in the Hammersborg neighborhood in central Oslo, Norway. Trinity Church is neighbor of the government buildings in Regjeringskvartalet. It is the parish church of the parish of Trinity, belonging to the Diocese of Oslo of the Church of Norway. It is one of the largest churches in Oslo (1000 seats). The church itself is in the raw red brick, while the vaults, arches and small columns have gray scale color. The nave is octagonal with a Greek cross superimposed, with the choir in the apse, shallow transept and rectangular entrance flanked by two slender, octagonal bell towers. A central dome rises above the church.[1] Trinity Church is the largest church in Oslo and one of the largest of the many octagonal churches in Norway, but one of few octagonal churches constructed in red brick.

Trinity Church in 1890. St. Olav's Cathedral (Roman Catholic) in the background
Wilhelm von Hannos combined octagonal-cruciform floorplan.
  1. ^ Store Norske Leksikon in Norwegian