Nordskogbygda Church ( no, Nordskogbygda kirke) is a parish church of the

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in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordskogbygda. It is the church for the Nordskogbygda parish which is part of the Sør-Østerdal prosti (

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) in the

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. 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 1873 using plans drawn up by the architect

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. The church seats about 250 people.

History

In 1869, it was decided to build an annex chapel in Nordskogbygda, northeast of the town of Elverum. (Another chapel at Sørskogbygda was built at the same time by the same architect. Identical buildings except this one was smaller.) Land was donated by the local farmer Iver Nederberg. The church was designed by

and the lead builder was

Günther Schüssler Johan Heinrich Günther Schüssler (1835—1898) was a German-born architect and builder who worked in Norway, primarily in the area from Kongsvinger to Lillehammer. Schüssler's work is characterized by neo-Gothic and Swiss chalet style. He ...

. The building was constructed in 1873. It was

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as ''Nedreberg Chapel'' on 19 November 1873. In 1963, the chapel was remodeled using plans by Rolf Prague. At the completion of this project, it was re-named ''Nordskogbygda Chapel''. More recently, the chapel was upgraded to the status of parish church and it was renamed ''Nordskogbygda Church''.

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