Grorud Church is a cruciform church from 1902 located on the upper Grorud in Grorud in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

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. The church is located on a hill and is visible from many parts of the

Grorud Valley The Grorud Valley ( no, Groruddalen) is a valley and urban area or suburb in the northeastern part of Oslo, the capital of Norway. Four of Oslo's boroughs lie within the Grorud Valley; Bjerke (borough), Bjerke to the west, Alna to the south, Gror ...

. The building is made of local Grorud Granite stone (Grefsensyenitt) and has 500 seats. Stone walls' uneven appearance, which gives the wall a live appearance, because the stones varies between roughly hewn uneven surface, and smooth surface. The smooth cut stones are centered on the corners and windows. Minister and landed on Linderud, Christian Pierre Mathiesen, gave the altar and baptismal silver dish to the church. There is a

cemetery A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite or graveyard is a place where the remains of dead people are buried or otherwise interred. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek , "sleeping place") implies that the land is specifically designated as a buri ...

in addition to the church. Grorud Church is listed and protected by law by the

Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( no, Riksantikvaren or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environm ...

.Grorud kirke / kirkested
at kulturminnnesøk,

(in Norwegian)

References

External links

Official website
(in Norwegian) Lutheran churches in Oslo Churches completed in 1902 1902 establishments in Norway 20th-century Church of Norway church buildings Cemeteries in Oslo Lutheran cemeteries in Norway {{Oslo-church-stub