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Grefsen Church is a long church () located in
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''Kirkesøk'': Grefsen kirke.
''Kulturminnesøk'': Grefsen kirkested.
Lutheran churches in Oslo Cultural heritage of Norway Churches completed in 1940 Cemeteries in Oslo {{Norway-Lutheran-church-stub
Grefsen
image:Grefsen kirke 20080531-1.jpg, thumbnail, 250px, Grefsen Church
Grefsen is a neighbourhood in the city of Oslo, Norway.
Grefsen was a part of the municipality of Aker, Norway, Aker before the Second World War, later incorporated into Oslo. ...
, a neighborhood of Oslo
Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...
, Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...
.
The church was consecrated by Bishop Eivind Berggrav
Eivind Josef Berggrav (25 October 1884 – 14 January 1959) was a Norwegian Lutheran bishop. As primate of the Church of Norway (Norwegian: ''Preses i Bispemøtet i Den norske kirke''), Berggrav became known for his unyielding resistance agains ...
on March 3, 1940''Norske kirkebygg'': Grefsen kirke og kapell./ref> and it is the parish church of the Grefsen Parish. It is built of brick, has a frescoed ceiling, and can accommodate 600 people. It was designed by the architect Georg Greve. The building has elements of the Norwegian Romanesque style, but has rectangular window openings instead of Romanesque arches. It is sparsely decorated. The stained glass in the chancel was created by Oddmund Kristiansen. Grefsen Church has protected status as a church listed by the
Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage
The Directorate for Cultural Heritage ( or ''Direktoratet for kulturminneforvaltning'') is a etat, government agency responsible for the management of cultural heritage in Norway. Subordinate to the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, it mana ...
. Magne Elvestrand
Magne Elvestrand (February 17, 1914 – July 31, 1991) was a Norwegian pianist and harpsichordist, best known as an organist.
Elvestrand was born in Østre Gausdal Municipality. His father was an organist at Østre Gausdal Church and Follebu Chu ...
served as organist at the church from 1940 to 1967./ref>
References
Further reading
*Rasmussen, Alf Henry (ed.). 1993. ''Våre kirker - norsk kirkeleksikon''. Oslo: Vanebo forlag, p. 709. *Tvedt, Knut Are (ed). 2010. ''Oslo byleksikon''. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, p. 208.External links
''Kirkesøk'': Grefsen kirke.
''Kulturminnesøk'': Grefsen kirkested.
Lutheran churches in Oslo Cultural heritage of Norway Churches completed in 1940 Cemeteries in Oslo {{Norway-Lutheran-church-stub