Sjøli Church () 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 ...

in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of

Sjølisand Sjølisand is a village in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located about south of the village of Åkrestrømmen Åkrestrømmen is a village in Rendalen Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is l ...

. It is the church for the Sjøli parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (

deanery A deanery (or decanate) is an ecclesiastical entity in the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Anglican Communion, the Evangelical Church in Germany, and the Church of Norway. A deanery is either the jurisdiction or residenc ...

) in the

Diocese of Hamar The Diocese of Hamar ( no, Hamar Bispedømme) is a diocese within the Church of Norway. The Diocese of Hamar includes all of the churches in Innlandet county plus the churches in Lunner in Viken county. Administratively, the diocese is divided ...

. The brown, 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 1914 using plans drawn up by the architect

Hans Jacob Sparre Hans Jacob Sparre (1861—1937) was a Norwegian architect. He was born in Nore, Norway in 1861 to Ole Jacob Sparre and Anne Petronelle Enger. He was educated in Hanover, Germany under C. W. Hase in 1883. After graduation, he worked in A ...

. The church seats about 110 people.

History

In 1883, a new cemetery was constructed in Sjølisand. About 30 years later, the parish began planning for the construction of an annex chapel at the cemetery.

was hired to design the new chapel. The new log building was

consecrated Consecration is the solemn dedication to a special purpose or service. The word ''consecration'' literally means "association with the sacred". Persons, places, or things can be consecrated, and the term is used in various ways by different grou ...

in October 1914. Many years later, the chapel was upgraded to parish church status.

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