Uranienborg Church

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uranienborg Church
Uranienborg kirke
59°55′16″N 10°43′11″E / 59.92111°N 10.71972°E / 59.92111; 10.71972Coordinates: 59°55′16″N 10°43′11″E / 59.92111°N 10.71972°E / 59.92111; 10.71972
Location Uranienborg, Oslo,
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
Website uranienborgkirke.no
History
Consecrated 1886
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Balthazar Lange
Style Neo Gothique architecture
Specifications
Materials Brick
Administration
Parish Uranienborg
Diocese Diocese of Oslo

Uranienborg church is in Uranienborg height, next to Uranienborg park behind the Royal Palace in Oslo, Norway. The church was designed by Balthazar Lange and was consecrated on 22 December 1886 and had 1020 seats. The building is given a sober Gothic feel and is decorated with stained glass by the artist Emanuel Vigeland. In 1930 the interior received its present form by architect Arnstein Arneberg. The church has 1020 seats.[1]

Gallery

  • Skyline of the west side of Oslo, with the church as a landmark

  • The entrance to the church

  • Frontside

  • Church towers

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uranienborg Church.
  1. ↑ Uranionborg kirke, kirkesok.no in Norwegian


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.