Ask is a village in Ringerike municipality,

Buskerud Buskerud () is a former county and a current electoral district in Norway, bordering Akershus, Oslo, Oppland, Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Telemark and Vestfold. The region extends from the Oslofjord and Drammensfjorden in the southeast to Hardan ...

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. Ash is located along

Norwegian national road Norwegian national roads (Norwegian: Riksvei/Riksveg abbr. Rv; literally: road of the rike/realm), are roads thus categorized by the Norwegian Public Roads Administration (Statens vegvesen) which also maintains them. In 2007 there were of this cla ...

Rv35 approx. 6 km southwest of the municipality

Hønefoss __NOTOC__ Hønefoss is a town and the administrative center of the municipality of Ringerike in Buskerud county, Norway. Hønefoss is an industrial center of inner Østlandet, containing several factories and other industry. As of 1 January 2008, ...

. The

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

once had a railway station on the

Randsfjord Line The Randsfjorden Line ( no, Randsfjordbanen) is an railway located in Viken county in Norway connecting Drammen to Hønefoss and Hadeland in Innlandet county. The railway is primarily used for passenger trains, and the only scheduled trains on th ...

. Ask is most known for Ask Chapel and for ''Ask gods'', a

Manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...

owned by the

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Ask gods

Ask Farm (''Gården Ask'' or ''Ask gods'') is located at the northwest end of Tyrifjorden. The name comes from the Norwegian word for

European ash ''Fraxinus excelsior'', known as the ash, or European ash or common ash to distinguish it from other types of ash, is a flowering plant species in the olive family Oleaceae. It is native throughout mainland Europe east to the Caucasus and Alborz ...

. The farm, which is one of the oldest in Ringerike, gave name to the village of Ask.

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President and District

Jens Jensen Gram Jens Jensen Gram (12 February 1779 – 2 November 1824) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was born in Copenhagen as the son of Jens Gram. He studied at the University of Copenhagen from 1798, and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 180 ...

bought the farm at auction in 1816. The manor house was designed by the son of

, Major General Johan Georg Boll Gram (1809–1873) and was completed in 1874 by his widow, Fredrikke Stabell Gram (1811-1896). Painter and writer

Christian Skredsvig Christian Skredsvig (12 March 1854 – 19 January 1924) was a Norwegian painter and writer. He employed an artistic style reflecting naturalism. He is especially well known for his picturesque and lyrical depictions of the landscape. Biogr ...

lived there a few months winter of 1878–79. Authors

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and

Jørgen Moe Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (22 April 1813–27 March 1882) was a Norwegian folklorist, bishop, poet, and author. He is best known for the ''Norske Folkeeventyr'', a collection of Norwegian folk tales which he edited in collaboration with Peter ...

were also frequented guests. Local artist Harald Vibe (1877-1965) owned the estate for a short period, from 1919 to 1922.

Axel Løvenskiold Carl Axel Løvenskiold (13 January 1912 – 28 September 1980) was a Norwegian landowner and painter. Personal life He was born in Ullern as a son of landowner Carl Løvenskiold (1874–1949) and Elise Bruun (1879–1950). He was a grandson of Lor ...

bought the estate in 1937, and it is still in family ownership. The estate still owns large forest areas and includes approx. 500 acres of farmland.

Ask Chapel

Ask chapel (''Ask kapell'') is a small church built in timber and located at the end of Sogna, on the north end of

Tyrifjorden Tyrifjorden (Lake Tyri) is a lake in Norway. It lies northwest of Oslo and is the nation's fifth largest lake with an area of 139 km2. It has a volume of 13 km3, is 295 meters deep at its deepest, and lies 63 meters above sea level. T ...

, along Rv35 towards

Hokksund Hokksund is a town in the municipality of Øvre Eiker in the county of Viken, Norway. History Hokksund is the administrative centre, and largest town in Øvre Eiker, with a population of around 8,000. Hokksund is located 18 km west of Dr ...

Øvre Eiker Øvre Eiker is a municipality in the traditional and electoral district Buskerud in Viken county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Eiker. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Hokksund. The old municipali ...

. The land was ceded to the church with the right extensions. The construction began in 1936. The foundation stone of the church was closed June 1936. The church was completed for the inauguration on 26 February 1937. The architect was W. L. Wilhelmsen. Woodcarving decorations in the chancel and altar were made by Norwegian artist, Ståle Kyllingstad (1903-1987). The interior of the church is covered with stained staff panel and sloping ceiling, with the exception of the middle section, which has a flat ceiling. The choir was altered in 1962. The chapel has an organ made by the J. H. Jørgensen organ company. The altar stands against the east wall of the chancel and altarpiece. It features a painting ''Jesus in Gethsemane''.

References

Other sources

*Kyllingstad, Røyne, Bjerke, Øivind Storm (2003) ''Ståle Kyllingstad'' (Labyrinth Press)

External links

Ask Chapel
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