Øvre Vang Church ( no, Øvre Vang kirke) is a

parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in community activities, ...

of the Church of Norway in

Hamar Municipality Hamar Municipality ( no, Hamar kommune; ) is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Hedemarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. Other settlements in Hamar i ...

Innlandet Innlandet is a county in Norway. It was created on 1 January 2020 with the merger of the old counties of Oppland and Hedmark (the municipalities of Jevnaker and Lunner were transferred to the neighboring county of Viken on the same date). The ...

county,

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. It is located in the village of

Slemsrud Slemsrud or Vangsås is a village in Hamar Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about northeast of the town of Hamar. This village is the site of the Øvre Vang Church. Prior to 1992, this area was part of the munici ...

. It is one of the churches for the Vang

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which is part of the Hamar domprosti ( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The red, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1907 using plans drawn up by the

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s Johan Joachim Meyer and Andreas Bugge. The church seats about 300 people.

History

In 1901, the municipal council of Vang began planning for a new

annex chapel A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately bu ...

in the northern part of the municipality. Architectural drafts were designed by Johan Joachim Meyer and later when Meyer was ill, the plans were modified by Andreas Bugge who moved the tower to above the west entrance rather than over the centre of the

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as had first been planned. The church was built from 1903 to 1907. The chapel is a half-timbered

building, but the cross-arms are quite short and the interior is laid out as if it were a long church. The chapel has a west tower above the

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, a

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in the east, and

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on each side of the choir. The new building was consecrated on 28 August 1907 by Bishop Christen Brun. The chapel was originally named (later it was renamed ''Øvre Vang kapell''). More recently, the chapel was upgraded to

status so that the parish of Vang has two churches now.

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History

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