Oslo Cathedral

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Oslo Cathedral from Stortorget

The Oslo Cathedral, the 1880s

Oslo Cathedral (Oslo domkirke) was finished in 1697.

1 History
2 Bishops of Oslo
3 Organs and organists
4 External links

[edit] History

The current Oslo Cathedral is the third cathedral in Oslo, Norway. The first, Hallvards Cathedral, was built by Sigurd I of Norway in the first half of the 12th century.

For almost 500 years, Hallvards Cathedral was the most important church in the city. In 1624 Christian IV decided to move the city a few kilometers west to be protected by Akershus Fortress. After that, Hallvards Cathedral fell into disrepair and decayed. In 1639 the second cathedral was built (Hellig Trefoldighet). This cathedral burnt down only 50 years after it was built, and the current cathedral was built.

[edit] Bishops of Oslo

1541-1545 Hans Rev
1545-1548 Anders Madssøn
1548-1580 Frants Berg
1580-1600 Jens Nilssøn
1601-1607 Anders Bendssøn Dall
1607-1617 Niels Senning
1617-1639 Niels Simensen Glostrup
1639-1646 Oluf Boesen
1646-1664 Hennings Stockfleth
1664-1699 Hans Rosing
1699-1712 Hans Munch
1713-1730 Bartholomæus Deichman
1731-1737 Peder Hersleb
1738-1758 Niels Dorph
1758-1773 Fredrik Nannestad
1773-1804 Christian Schmidt
1805-1822 Fredrik Julius Bech
1823-1845 Christian Sørensen
1846-1874 Jens Lauritz Arup
1875-1893 Carl Peter Parelius Essendrop
1893-1896 Fredrik Wilhelm Klumpp Bugge
1896-1912 Anton Christian Bang
1912-1922 Jens Frølich Tandberg
1922-1937 Johan Lunde
1937-1951 Eivind Berggrav
1951-1968 Johannes Smemo
1968-1973 Fridtjov Søiland Birkeli
1973-1977 Kaare Støylen
1977-1998 Andreas Aarflot
1998-2005 Gunnar Stålsett
2005- Ole Christian Kvarme

[edit] Organs and organists

The cathedral's first organ was built in 1711 by Swedish Carl Gustav Luckvitz, while the current main organ was built by Jan Ryde in 1997, the 300 year anniversary. Also the two smaller organs in the cathedral are built by Ryde.

Organists: