Ormøy Church

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| name = Ormøy Church

| fullname = Ormøy kirke

| image =Ormøya kirke, Oslo.jpg

| imagesize =300 px

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| coordinates ={{coord|59|52|36.15|N|10|45|44.25|E|type:church_region:NO-03|display=title}}

| location = Ormøya
Oslo,

| country = Norway

| denomination = 20px Church of Norway

| churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran

| website = [https://kirken.no/nb-NO/fellesrad/kirkeneioslo/menigheter/nordstrand/ www.oslo.kirken.no]

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| consecrated date = 1893

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| status = Parish church

| functional status = Active

| architect = Bernhard Steckmest

| architectural type = Log house

| style = Gothic, Swiss chalet

| materials = Wood

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| capacity =130 seats

| parish =Bekkelaget og Ormøy

| deanery =Søndre Aker

| diocese = Diocese of Oslo

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Ormøy Church is a church on the island of Ormøya in Oslo, Norway. It was built of wood in 1893 and has 200 seats. The church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. The architectural drawings was made by the German architect Bernhard Steckmest and built in a log technique, characterized by gothic and Swiss chalet style. The outer walls are painted red, while the interior is stained brown and oiled.

The pictures of the Four Evangelists are recessed in the pulpit and was painted by Trygve Torkildsen. The small church organ was made in 1924.

On the night of September 19, 1992, the church was set on fire, but a quick reaction from a watchman prevented the church from burning down.

Sources

  • Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon, Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo 2010 (page 319) {{ISBN|9788257317607}}
  • Pedersen, Gunnar: «Aktuell historie» i Nordstrands Blad, January 30, 2006 {{in lang|no}}.