Rasmus Overrein (1815—1895) was a Norwegian builder and

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who built a number of churches in the

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area in

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. Overrein was largely a self-taught builder. Starting around 1840, he began constructing buildings in the area of what is now

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county. In 1856, he used the designs of Christian Heinrich Grosch to build the Namdalseid Church. That church served as a model of many other churches that Overrein would go on the build in the future. Most of his other churches were a simplified design version of the Namdalseid Church: and simple

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with some sparse

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details.

Works

He built or renovated the following churches: * Egge Church * Henning Church * Kolvereid Church *

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* Malm Church * Salberg Church * Kvam Church * For Church (tower) * Gimsøy Church

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Overrein, Rasmus 1815 births 1895 deaths 19th-century Norwegian architects Norwegian ecclesiastical architects