Eystein Church

Eystein Church
Eysteinkyrkja
View of the church
62°13′21″N 9°34′06″E
Location	Dovre Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1969
Consecrated	3 August 1969
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Magnus Poulsson and Anton Poulsson
Architectural type	Long church
Style	Modern
Completed	1969 (55 years ago) (1969)
Specifications
Capacity	110
Materials	Concrete
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti
Parish	Dombås
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84585

Eystein Church (Norwegian: Eysteinkyrkja) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Dovre Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Hjerkinn. It is one of the two churches for the Dombås parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, modern, cast concrete church was built in a long church design in 1969 using plans drawn up by the architects Magnus Poulsson and Anton Poulsson. The church seats about 110 people.^[1][2]

History

King Eystein Magnusson is said to have built mountain lodges along the road through the Dovrefjell mountains. Legend has it that there was also a church built in the area of today's village of Hjerkinn. Archaeological records support the idea that the church was likely built during the 11th or 12th century and it likely fell out of use sometime around the year 1500. All of this was the inspiration for the 20th-century Eysteinkyrkja. During the 1930s, discussions began for building a chapel along the old road through the Dovrefjell mountains near the Hjerkinn mountain lodge. The local priest in Dovre and the Bishop Kristian Schjelderup supported the idea. Magnus Poulsson was hired to design the new church (although he died before its completion and his son Anton Poulsson finished the work). The new modern-looking concrete church was completed in 1969. The building was consecrated on 3 August 1969. The nave is almost trapezoidal in shape, although it is a long church, with the exterior walls angled towards each other as they get closer to the chancel.^[3]

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See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Eysteinkyrkja". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
3. "Eysteinkirken". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.