Eidsvoll Church
| Eidsvoll Church | |
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| Eidsvoll kirke | |
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 Eidsvoll Church
Location of the church
Eidsvoll Church
Location of the church
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| 60°19′24″N 11°14′31″E / 60.3234003°N 11.242066°ECoordinates: 60°19′24″N 11°14′31″E / 60.3234003°N 11.242066°E | |
| Location | Eidsvoll |
| Country | Norway |
| Denomination |
 Church of Norway
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| Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
| Website | eidsvoll.kirken.no |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Church of the Holy Cross |
| Consecrated | c. 1190 |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Unknown |
| Architectural type | Romanesque |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone, brick |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Ullensaker |
| Deanery | Øvre Romerike |
| Diocese |
Diocese of Borg |
Eidsvoll Church is a cruciform church from c. 1190 in Eidsvoll, Akershus in Norway. The Romanesque building is of stone and probably one of the first crusiform stone churches to be built in Norway. The church building has repeatedly been affected by fire and rebuilt. After the last major fire in 1883, the church was partly rebuilt in bricks. Close to Eidsvoll Church there is an ancient sunken lane that was used as a path far into the last century.
The altarpiece consists three oil paintings on top of each other in the midfields, surrounded by pilasters. The images represent (from below) the Holy Communion, the Rrucifixion and the Resurrection. The present reconstructed pulpit is from 1956, following the suggestion of Bjarne Hvoslef. The church organ dates from 2003 and was built by the Swiss Orgelbau Kuhn. The three church bells are cast by O. Olsen & Søn Bell Foundry, two in 1885 and one in 1898.
Eidsvoll Church is listed and protected by law by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.
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