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Bryn Church ( no, Bryn kirke) is a long church ( no, langkirke) located in
Rykkinn Rykkinn is a commuter town in the north-west of Bærum, Akershus county, Norway with about 5000-8000 inhabitants. It is located between Kolsås and the area of Skui and Vøyenenga. Rykkinn consists mainly of apartment blocks and smaller houses ...
in the municipality of
Bærum Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Norway that forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). It is part of the electoral ...
in Akershus county,
Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the ...
. The church functions both as a
road church A road church is a roadside church, one of a network of such churches in Denmark ( da, vejkirke), Germany (german: Autobahnkirche, open all year), Estonia ( et, Teeliste kirikud), Finland ( fi, tiekirkko, sv, vägkyrka), Norway ( no, veikirke), ...
and is the parish church for Bryn.


History

The church was built in 1861 based on plans by the architect
Peter Høier Holtermann Peter Høier Holtermann (16 November 1820 – 24 August 1865) was a Norwegian architect. Biography He was born in Austrått, in Ørland municipality, Sør-Trøndelag County, Norway. He was a son of assessor Ove Bjelke Holtermann (1782–1857 ...
.Bakken, T. J. 1961. ''Bryn kirke, 1861–1961''. Oslo: V. Bærums menighetsraad.The church was consecrated during a major ceremony on June 28, 1861. Gunder Kristensen Krydsby from Lommedalen transported the two church bells from Oslo by horse and wagon. The newspaper ''Ringeriges Ugeblad'' (now Ringerikes Blad) wrote that: "Already early in the morning, crowds were seen along all the roads heading to the church. About 800 admission tickets were given out. The church opened at 9:30, and those that had tickets were able to enter and take their place. At 10:00 the procession set out from the Bryn farm. It consisted of ten priests from the deanery. The town's new and very attractive church was consecrated." The church is made of brick and can accommodate 400 people. There is a cemetery next to the church. An urn with the remains of the film director
Rasmus Breistein Rasmus Breistein (November 16, 1890 – October 16, 1976) was a Norwegian film director.Sundholm, John et al. ''Historical Dictionary of Scandinavian Cinema''. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, p. 88. Life Breistein was born in Åsane in the city o ...
is kept at the church. Some of the church's furnishings were newly purchased, some were received as gifts, and some were transferred from the medieval
Tanum Church Tanum may refer to: * Tanum Municipality in Sweden * Tanum, Norway in Bærum, Norway * Tanum (company), a Norwegian bookstore chain owned by Egmont * Mintil language Mintil (alternatively Batek Tanum, Tanɨm, or Mayah) is an Aslian language of ...
. The chancel decoration was created by Emanuel Vigeland, the brother of
Gustav Vigeland Gustav Vigeland (11 April 1869 – 12 March 1943), born as Adolf Gustav Thorsen, was a Norwegian sculptor. Gustav Vigeland occupies a special position among Norwegian sculptors, both in the power of his creative imagination and in his product ...
. The church was restored in 1959–60 by the architect Finn Bryn (1890-1975). In 2007–2008 the church spire was repaired, and an old scroll was found in the
soffit A soffit is an exterior or interior architectural feature, generally the horizontal, aloft underside of any construction element. Its archetypal form, sometimes incorporating or implying the projection of beams, is the underside of eaves (t ...
relating how the church's foundation stone was laid, who had participated in the construction of the church, and who had paid for the work. The cemetery, measuring 70 ''mål'' (), is planned to be expanded by 60 ''mål'' () and excavation work has started. The digging has revealed a number of archaeological finds from the early Iron Age from 500 BC and from the Middle Ages, including graves and traces of settlement from the Iron Age.


Sesquicentennial

The celebration of the church's sesquicentennial in 2011 involved concerts, exhibits, and a special anniversary religious service in the church. A volume commemorating the anniversary was edited by Bjørn Sandvik.Jakobsen, Olav. 2011. Bryn kirke 150 år. Et gammelt hus i stadig endring. ''Bryn kirketidende'' 34(2): 8–9.


References


External links


Bryn parish website

Kirkesøk: Bryn Church

Norges kirker: Bryn Church

Kulturminnesøk: Bryn Church
{{Authority control 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Churches completed in 1861 1861 in Norway