Lundersæter Church ( no, Lundersæter kirke) is a

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of the

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Kongsvinger Municipality Kongsvinger () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger. Other settlements in the municipality include Austm ...

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county,

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. It is located in the village of

Lundersæter Lundersæter is a village in Kongsvinger Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. The village is located in the Finnskogen area, about northeast of the town of Kongsvinger. Prior to 1964, this area was a part of Brandval Brandval is a form ...

. It is one of the churches for the Brandval

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which is part of the

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(

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) 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 white, wooden church was built in a

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design in 1868 using plans drawn up by the

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Ole Bergqvist. The church seats about 160 people.

History

Planning for a new chapel in the Brandval Finnskog area began in the 1860s. Ole Bergqvist was hired to design and build the new chapel. It was a wooden

building with a small tower on the roof of the

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. There was a small sacristy on the east end of the

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. It was constructed in 1868 and

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on 2 December 1868. In 1923, interior wall panels were added to cover up the log walls. In 1948–1949, electric lights and power were added into the building. In 1954, a large new tower and

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were added on the west end of the nave. The old tower was removed at this time.

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designed this addition to the building and Mentz Sæter was the lead builder for the project. In 1962–63, the chapel was thoroughly renovated inside and the nave got its current look both in terms of color and in terms of decor. Originally, the benches had been narrow and steep in the back, and there had been room for 250 people. The number of seats today is 160.

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Lundersæter altertavle.JPG, View of the interior altar. Lundersæter gmlkrk.jpg, View of the church before the 1954 tower was built.

References

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