Engerdal Church
{{short description|Church in Innlandet, Norway}}
{{Infobox church
|name = Engerdal Church
|fullname = Engerdal kirke
|former name =
|image = Engerdal kirke.jpg
|caption = View of the church
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|location = Engerdal Municipality,
Innlandet
|country = Norway
|churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran
|denomination = Church of Norway
|diocese = Hamar bispedømme
|deanery = Sør-Østerdal prosti
|parish = Engerdal
|status = Parish church
|functional status = Active
|founded date = 1873
|consecrated date = 1873
|completed date = {{Start date and age|p=y|1873}}
|closed date =
|events =
|architect =
|architectural type = Long church
|style =
|materials = Wood
|capacity = 250
|embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
|embed = yes
|Type = Church
|Status = Protected
|ID = 84098
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Engerdal Church ({{langx|no|Engerdal kirke}}) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Engerdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Engerdal. It is the church for the Engerdal 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 1873 using by an unknown architect. The church seats about 250 people.{{Cite web |title=Engerdal kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/043400201 |access-date=2021-12-20 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2021-12-20 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}
History
The first church in Engerdal was built in 1871–1873. Johan Olsen from Elverum and Teodor Embretsen Nordvi from Trysil were responsible for the carpentry work. The new church was a timber-framed long church. The altarpiece was painted by teacher Peder Haugen from Haugen in Engerdal. The church building was consecrated in 1873.{{Cite web |title=Engerdal kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/engerdal-kirke/ |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |date=28 December 2016 |language=Norwegian}}{{Cite web |title=Engerdal kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84098 |access-date=2021-12-21 |publisher=Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage |language=Norwegian}}
See also
References
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{{Churches in Sør-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