Oset Chapel ( no, Oset kapell) is a

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

of the Church of Norway in Løten Municipality in

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county,

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. It is located in the village of Oset. It is one of the

annex chapel A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently. Often a chapel of ease is deliberately bu ...

s for the Løten

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which is part of the

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( deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden chapel was built in a long church design in 1885 using plans drawn up by an unknown

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. The chapel seats about 70 people.

History

A small wooden single-storey house that was moved here in 1875 and used as a school. In 1885, a

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was added onto the building according to drawings by a man named Søborg. Afterwards, the building was consecrated as a chapel. The building continued to be used as both a school and a chapel until 1918 when the school was closed. During this time, the choir was closed off from the rest of the building for school and other non-church activities. The chapel is located near the northern shore of the lake Rokosjøen and there is a camping facility bordering the chapel on three sides of its property. A few kilometers further south is the old Rokoberget Church ruins. The medieval church was closed long before the new chapel was opened at this location.

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{{use dmy dates, date=January 2022 Løten Churches in Innlandet Long churches in Norway Wooden churches in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1885 1885 establishments in Norway

History

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