Alvdal Church
{{short description|Church in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Alvdal Church
|fullname = Alvdal kirke
|former name = Lille-Elvdalen Church
|image = Alvdal kirke.JPG
|caption = View of the church
|website =
|coordinates = {{coord|62.1094383196|10.6302595141|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
|location = Alvdal Municipality,
Innlandet
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Hamar bispedømme
|deanery = Nord-Østerdal prosti
|parish = Alvdal
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 1639
|consecrated date = 1861
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1861}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect = Christian Heinrich Grosch
|architectural type = Long church
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 450
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
|embed = yes
|Type = Church
|Status = Listed
|ID = 83774
}} }}
Alvdal Church ({{langx|no|Alvdal kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alvdal. It is the church for the Alvdal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 450 people.{{Cite web |title=Alvdal kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/043800101 |access-date=2021-12-02 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2021-12-02 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}
History
The first church in Alvdal was built in 1639 (there is some circumstantial evidence that a medieval stave church stood here before 1639, but that is not proven). The church from 1639 was a wooden long church that was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The church was consecrated in 1639 by the Bishop Oluf Boesen. The first church (then known as the Lille-Elvdalen Church) was built by the Randmæl farm, along the river Glomma, about {{convert|600|m|mi|1}} south of the present site of the church. Prior to the construction of this church, the people of Alvdal travelled to the nearby Tylldalen Church. In 1709, the old church was torn down. From 1709 to 1715, a new, larger timber-framed long church was built on the same site.{{Cite web |title=Steig - Alvdal gamle kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=136967 |access-date=2021-12-04 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=Alvdal kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/alvdal-kirke/ |access-date=2021-12-04 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}
From 1855 to 1861, a new wooden long church was built in the village of Alvdal, about {{convert|600|m|mi|1}} north of the old church site. The new church was designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch. The new church was consecrated on 12 October 1861. After the new church was completed, the old church was torn down. In 1867, the new church got exterior siding and it was painted. In 1882, a new altarpiece was built by Carl Frithjof Smith (before that time, a large wooden cross stood above the altar.{{Cite web |title=Alvdal kirkested / Alvdal kirke 4 |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=83774 |access-date=2021-12-04 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian}}
Media gallery
Alvdal kirke.JPG
Alvdal Kirke md.jpg
Alvdal Kirke.jpg
Alvdal kirke T116 01 0166.jpg
See also
References
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{{Churches in Nord-Østerdal}}
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Category:Churches in Innlandet
Category:Long churches in Norway
Category:Wooden churches in Norway
Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings