Helgøya Church

Helgøya Church
Helgøya kirke
View of the church
60°44′41″N 10°57′31″E
Location	Ringsaker Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1870
Consecrated	7 December 1870
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1870 (155 years ago) (1870)
Specifications
Capacity	200
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Ringsaker prosti
Parish	Nes
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Not protected
ID	84532

Helgøya Church (Norwegian: Helgøya kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Ringsaker Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located on the island of Helgøya. It is one of the churches for the Nes parish which is part of the Ringsaker prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1870 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 200 people.^[1][2]

History

In the 1850s, plans were made for a new church on the island of Helgøya. The new church would be an annex to the Nes Church parish.In 1868, permission was granted to build the new church on the Svennerud farm. Of two competing drawings, the parish chose the design by Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The lead builder was Ole Stensrud from Vang. The new church was to be a half-timbered long church in the Swiss chalet style with about 200 seats. The new building was consecrated on 7 December 1870.^[3][4]

Media gallery

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  View of the church (2009)
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  View of the church (c. 1870)

See also

• List of churches in Hamar

References

1. "Helgøya kirke, Ringsaker". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
3. "Helgøya kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 7 January 2022.
4. "Helgøya kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.