Trinity Church (in Norwegian, Trefoldighetskirken), is a church in the

Hammersborg St. Hanshaugen (Norwegian for St. John's Hill) is a borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. Area It has a triangular shape, with its northern border just north of the buildings of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and Ullevål University Hosp ...

neighborhood in central

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. Trinity Church is neighbor of the government buildings in

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. It is the parish church of the parish of Trinity, belonging to the

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of the

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. It is one of the largest churches in Oslo (1000 seats). The church itself is in the raw red brick, while the vaults, arches and small

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s have gray scale color. The

nave The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-typ ...

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al with a Greek cross superimposed, with the

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in the

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, shallow

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and

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entrance flanked by two

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, octagonal bell towers. A central

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rises above the church. Trinity Church is the largest church in Oslo and one of the largest of the many octagonal churches in Norway, but one of few octagonal churches constructed in red brick. Trefoldighetskirken in Oslo

History

Trinity Church was consecrated in 1858 by Bishop Jens Lauritz Arup. The church has a

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central plan, with ''two towers'' and eight-sided dome, and was designed by architect Alexis de Chateauneuf (

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), but some time after the work was entrusted to his pupil

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, who made some modifications to the original plans and put his personal stamp on the details of interior decoration. The main body (1872) is the work of Claus Jensen, the

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(1866) is a painting by Adolph Tidemand (the

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of Jesus),

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s were designed by

Emanuel Vigeland Emanuel Vigeland (2 December 1875 – 22 December 1948) was a multitalented Norwegian artist. He is known for a variety of decorations of Scandinavian churches and for ''Tomba Emmanuelle'', his mausoleum at Slemdal in Oslo. His elder brother ...

in 1923, and

Frøydis Haavardsholm Frøydis Haavardsholm (1 April 1896 – 3 October 1984) was a Norwegian visual artist and book illustrator. Biography She was born at Tromsø in Troms, Norway. Her parents were Amund Haavardsholm (1860–1948) and Josefine Nielsen (1872–1952) ...

was the designer of the stained glass windows.Jens Christian Eldal and Kiri Havran: Kirker i Norge, volume 3: Med historiske forbilder. 1800-tallet (ARFO, 2002), page 120-123 In Norwegian

Gallery: Interior

File:Trefoldighetskirken - 06.jpg, Interior File:Trefoldighetskirken Alterbilde.JPG, The altarpiece by Adolph Tidemand File:Trefoldighetskirken Døpefont engel1.JPG,

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File:Trefoldighetskirken Engel og lysekrone.JPG, The

in Trinity Church. Created by

File:Trefoldighetskirken Kapitèl galeri.JPG, Detail of a

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Gallery: Stained glass

File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri Israel.JPG, "The history of Israel" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri Lidelseshistorien.JPG, "Jesus suffering" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri skapelsen.JPG, "The creation" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri såkorn.JPG, "''The wheat grain''" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri perlen.JPG, "''The pearl''" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri Livets vann.JPG, "''The water of life''" File:Trefoldighetskirken Glassmaleri Livets tre.JPG, "''The tree of life''"

External links

Official website in Norwegian

References

{{Churches in Oslo arch-deanery Lutheran churches in Oslo Churches completed in 1858 1858 establishments in Norway 19th-century Church of Norway church buildings Trinity Churches in Norway Octagonal churches in Norway Cruciform churches in Norway Church buildings with domes

History

See also

Gallery: Interior

Gallery: Stained glass

External links

References