Søre Ål Church ( no, Søre Ål kirke) 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
Lillehammer Municipality in
Innlandet county,
Norway. It is located in the south part of the
town of Lillehammer. It is the church for the Søre Ål
parish which is part of the
Sør-Gudbrandsdal 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 gray, concrete church was built in a
rectangular design in 1964 using plans drawn up by the
architect Bjarne Bystad Ellefsen. The church seats about 200 people.
History
In the mid-20th century, the parish decided to build a cemetery at Søre Ål. The new cemetery 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 1953. Soon after, the parish decided to build a church at the cemetery site.
Bjarne Bystad Ellefsen was hired to design the new church. It was built out of concrete and wood and it was completed in 1964. The
altarpiece
An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ...
by
Victor Sparre shows a thorn-crowned Christ head with a cross in the background. There is also a glass
frieze, showing the eyes of God, along the altar wall.
Søre Ål parish
Gårdsnummer The gårdsnummer or cadastral unit number is the number of a farm unit in the Norwegian land register and it serves as the assessor's parcel number. The modern abbreviation is Gnr, although the Norske Gaardnavne ''Norske Gaardnavne'' (English: Norw ...
59-98 were included in this parish.
The attached KML file shows the church location and the farm locations in Gårdsnummer, Gnr/Bruksnummer, Bnr format.
See also
*List of churches in Hamar
References
External links
Kirkesok Søre Ål kirkeKulturminnesøk Søre Ål kirkested
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Buildings and structures in Lillehammer
Churches in Innlandet
Churches in Sør-Gudbrandsdal Deanery
Rectangular churches in Norway
Concrete churches in Norway
20th-century Church of Norway church buildings
Churches completed in 1964
1964 establishments in Norway