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Stensgård Church

Coordinates: 60°16′39.17″N 11°5′18.75″E / 60.2775472°N 11.0885417°E / 60.2775472; 11.0885417
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Stensgård Church
Stensgård kirke
Stensgård Church is located in Akershus
Stensgård Church
Stensgård Church
Location of the church
60°16′39.17″N 11°5′18.75″E / 60.2775472°N 11.0885417°E / 60.2775472; 11.0885417
LocationNannestad, Akershus
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Herman Backer
Completed1902
Specifications
Capacity92[1]
MaterialsWood
Administration
DeaneryØvre Romerike

Stensgård Church (Norwegian: Stensgård kirke) is "long church" (Norwegian: langkirke) dating from 1902 in the municipality of Nannestad in Akershus county, Norway.[1][2] The church is part of the Church of Norway and it belongs to the deanery of Øvre Romerike in the Diocese of Borg.[1]

The building can accommodate 92 people.[1] The cornerstone was laid in a simple ceremony on Saint John's Day in 1901. It was consecrated on November 26, 1902 in a mass celebrated by Bishop Anton Christian Bang attended by eight priests.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Stensgård kirke". Kirkesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Stensgård kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
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