Rasmus Overrein (1815—1895) was a Norwegian builder and

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who built a number of churches in the

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area in

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. Overrein was largely a self-taught builder. Starting around 1840, he began constructing buildings in the area of what is now

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county. In 1856, he used the designs of

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to build the Namdalseid Church. That church served as a model of many other churches that Overrein would go on the build in the future. Most of his other churches were a simplified design version of the Namdalseid Church: and simple

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 ...

with some sparse

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details.

Works

He built or renovated the following churches: *

Egge Church Egge Church ( no, Egge kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Egge, Nord-Trøndelag, Egge area, on the northern edge of the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer ...

Henning Church Henning Church ( no, Henning kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Henning, Norway. It is the church for the Henning parish which is part of the ...

Kolvereid Church Kolvereid Church ( no, Kolvereid kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nærøysund municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the town of Kolvereid. It is the one of the churches for the Nærøy parish which is part ...

Følling Church Følling Church ( no, Følling kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Følling. It is the church for the Følling parish which is part of the Stikl ...

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Salberg Church Salberg Church ( no, Salberg kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Inderøy municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Røra, between the Nordland Line and European route E6 highway. It is the church ...

Kvam Church Kvam Church ( no, Kvam kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the village of Kvam, along the lake Snåsavatnet. It is the church for the Kvam parish which is part ...

For Church For Church ( no, For kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Steinkjer municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in Stod, just southwest of the village of Binde. It is the church for the Stod parish which is part of t ...

(tower) *

Gimsøy Church Gimsøy Church ( no, Gimsøy kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Vågan Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Gimsøysand on the island of Gimsøya. It is the main church for the ''Gimsøy og ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Overrein, Rasmus 1815 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Norwegian architects Norwegian ecclesiastical architects