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Alvdal Church
Alvdal kirke
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62°06′34″N 10°37′49″E / 62.1094383196°N 10.6302595141°E / 62.1094383196; 10.6302595141
Location	Alvdal Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Former name(s)	Lille-Elvdalen Church
Status	Parish church
Founded	1639
Consecrated	1861
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Christian Heinrich Grosch
Architectural type	Long church
Completed	1861 (163 years ago) (1861)
Specifications
Capacity	450
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Nord-Østerdal prosti
Parish	Alvdal

Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Listed
ID	83774

Alvdal Church (Norwegian: Alvdal kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Alvdal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Alvdal. It is the church for the Alvdal parish which is part of the Nord-Østerdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the architect Christian Heinrich Grosch. The church seats about 450 people.^[1]^[2]

History

The first church in Alvdal was built in 1639 (there is some circumstantial evidence that a medieval stave church stood here before 1639, but that is not proven). The church from 1639 was a wooden long church that was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. The church was consecrated in 1639 by the Bishop Oluf Boesen. The first church (then known as the Lille-Elvdalen Church) was built by the Randmæl farm, along the river Glomma, about 600 metres (0.4 mi) south of the present site of the church. Prior to the construction of this church, the people of Alvdal travelled to the nearby Tylldalen Church. In 1709, the old church was torn down. From 1709 to 1715, a new, larger timber-framed long church was built on the same site.^[3]^[4]

From 1855 to 1861, a new wooden long church was built in the village of Alvdal, about 600 metres (0.4 mi) north of the old church site. The new church was designed by Christian Heinrich Grosch. The new church was consecrated on 12 October 1861. After the new church was completed, the old church was torn down. In 1867, the new church got exterior siding and it was painted. In 1882, a new altarpiece was built by Carl Frithjof Smith (before that time, a large wooden cross stood above the altar.^[4]^[5]

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References

^ "Alvdal kirke". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2 December 2021.
^ "Steig - Alvdal gamle kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Alvdal kirke". Norges-Kirker.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 December 2021.
^ "Alvdal kirkested / Alvdal kirke 4" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 4 December 2021.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Nord-Østerdal prosti in Innlandet county, Norway
	Alvdal Municipality: Alvdal Folldal Municipality: Dalen Egnund Folldal Os Municipality: Dalsbygda Narbuvoll Os Tufsingdalen
	Rendalen Municipality: Hanestad Sjøli Ytre Rendal Øvre Rendal Tolga Municipality: Hodalen Holøydalen Tolga Vingelen
	Tynset Municipality: Brydalen Kvikne Tylldalen Tynset

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