Drevsjø Church

Drevsjø Church
Drevsjø kirke
View of the church
61°53′05″N 12°01′48″E
Location	Engerdal Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1847
Consecrated	1847
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1847 (178 years ago) (1847)
Specifications
Capacity	250
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Sør-Østerdal prosti
Parish	Drevsjø
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Automatically protected
ID	84036

Drevsjø Church (Norwegian: Drevsjø kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Engerdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Drevsjø. It is the church for the Drevsjø parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1847 using plans drawn up by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.^[1][2]

History

In the 1840s, increasing populations in the Drevsjø area led to the construction of a new annex chapel in the village. The chapel was consecrated in 1847. Initially, two services were held in the chapel each year. In 1886–1887, the chapel was enlarged by adding a church porch with a tower, choir, and sacristy.^[1][3][4]

See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Drevsjø kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
3. "Drevsjø kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 20 December 2021.
4. "Drevsjø kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 20 December 2021.