Kampen Church is a church in the neighborhood of

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. The church was consecrated 29 November 1882. After a fire in Kampen in 1878, plans for the reconstruction of the neighborhood included a new church. In 1880 it was founded a new congregation, that was located elsewhere until the church was finished. The church is made of

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and has 480 seats. The architect for the church was Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The

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is covered with

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. The

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of the church shows two women at the empty grave of Jesus on

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morning and was created in 1884 by the Norwegian painter and sculptor Axel Ender and was restored in 1913. Above four of the church's interior doors there are symbols of the four Gospels conducted by

Enevold Thømt Martin Enevold Thømt (June 8, 1878 – June 21, 1958) was a Norwegian decorative painter. Life and work Thømt was born in Askim,Waterloo Normannsen, Sølvi. 2010. Klart for nye blikk på gamle skatter. ''UA'' (September 6). the son of Karl P. ...

in 1913. The church is adorned with twelve large and six small

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windows and two rosette windows of the front doors, created by Peer Lorentz Dahl. The Madonna sculpture in marble (located in the Church porch) is created by sculptor

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in 1992. The church is listed and protected by law by the

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.Oslo byleksikon: Kampen kirke
Cappelen Norsk Forlag, Oslo 2000, page 226

Gallery

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References

External links

Official website

Kampen Church
Visit Oslo, Official travel guide to Oslo {{Authority control Lutheran churches in Oslo Churches completed in 1882 1882 establishments in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings