Grønland Church (''Grønland kirke'') is a church located in the neighbourhood of Grønland in the

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in Oslo,

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. Grønland Church congregation was formed in 1861. Grønland Church was consecrated on March 3, 1869, by Bishop

Jens Lauritz Arup Jens Lauritz Arup (20 April 1793 – 9 April 1874) was a Norwegian bishop and politician. He was born at Kristiansand in Vest-Agder, Norway. His father was a sexton and a school teacher. In 1811 Arup was sent to Copenhagen to study, but ...

. The church is characterized its tall and monumental tower surrounded by four smaller spires. The structure is of brick, in

neo-Romanesque Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

architectural style. Its architect was

Wilhelm von Hanno Andreas Friedrich Wilhelm von Hanno (15 December 1826 – 12 December 1882) was a German-born Norwegian architect, sculptor and painter. He was among the leading architects in Norway during the middle of the 1800s. Biography Wilhelm von Hanno ...

. He also designed the school, former fire station and former police station, together with the church as a unified group of buildings in Grønland, a district that recently (1859) had been incorporated into Christiania (now Oslo). Grønland Church originally had 1380 seats, which has since been reduced to approx. 800. The church has an historic organ built by

Walcker Orgelbau Walcker Orgelbau (also known as E. F. Walcker & Cie.) of Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, is a builder of pipe organs. It was founded in Cannstatt, a suburb of Stuttgart in 1780 by . His son Eberhard Friedrich Walcker moved the business t ...

in 1877. It was moved to Grønland Church in 1934. The organ was restored in 1961 by J. H. Jørgensen Orgelfabrik. The church has undergone several restorations, most recently in 1988. The church owned and operated Vestasol camp at

Larkollen Larkollen is a village in Moss municipality, Norway. Its population is 1,382. Larkollen was the landfall on the main route between Oslo (then called Christiania) and Copenhagen for several centuries. The lee side of the islands Sletter, Eldøy ...

off

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. It hosts social gatherings and meetings, and church members work together in the effort to maintain the camp site. Grønland Church is a heritage site and is registered in the

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.Grønland kirkested
(Kulturminnesøk)

References

External links

Parish website
Lutheran churches in Oslo Churches completed in 1868 1868 establishments in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings {{Oslo-church-stub