Landsmarka Chapel ( no, Landsmarka kapell) is a parish church of the

Church of Norway The Church of Norway ( nb, Den norske kirke, nn, Den norske kyrkja, se, Norgga girku, sma, Nöörjen gærhkoe) is an evangelical Lutheran denomination of Protestant Christianity and by far the largest Christian church in Norway. The church b ...

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in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landsmarka. It is one of the churches in the ''Lunde og Flåbygd'' parish which is part of the

Øvre Telemark prosti This list of churches in Agder og Telemark is a list of the Church of Norway churches in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark in Agder and Vestfold og Telemark counties in southern Norway. The diocese is based at the Kristiansand Cathedral in the cit ...

(

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) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a

long church Church building in Norway began when Christianity was established there around the year 1000. The first buildings may have been post churches erected in the 10th or 11th century, but the evidence is inconclusive. For instance under Urnes Stave C ...

design in 1895 using plans drawn up by the architect

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. The church seats about 100 people.

History

Landsmarka is a forest village where people had a long way to go to get to a church (either Lunde Church or Holla Church). Towards the end of the 19th century, efforts were made to get a church building in Landsmarka and eventually the local landowner

Diderik Cappelen Diderik or Didrik is a Norwegian male given name. In North Germanic languages, the native form would be ''Tjodrik'', but ''Diderik'' and ''Didrik'' have been loaned from Low German and are now a common name in Norway. It may also be a variant of t ...

from the

Cappelen family Cappelen is a Norwegian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Cappelen (family), a distinguished Norwegian family * Andreas Zeier Cappelen (1915–2008), Norwegian jurist and politician * August Cappelen (1827–1852), Norwegian paint ...

, donated land for a new annex chapel. The architect

was hired to design the new building and the builder H. Hansen from Skien was hired to lead the construction. The new chapel was designed in a

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style so that its look was reminiscent of the medieval stave churches across Norway. The chapel was

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on 1 October 1895. The church is a wooden

. Originally the chapel was stained dark with several shades, but it has since been painted white.

References

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History

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