Stensgård Church

Church in Akershus, Norway
60°16′39.17″N 11°5′18.75″E / 60.2775472°N 11.0885417°E / 60.2775472; 11.0885417LocationNannestad, AkershusCountryNorwayDenominationChurch of NorwayChurchmanshipEvangelical LutheranHistoryStatusParish churchArchitectureFunctional statusActiveArchitect(s)Herman BackerCompleted1902SpecificationsCapacity92[1]MaterialsWoodAdministrationDeaneryØvre 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

  1. ^ a b c d "Stensgård kirke". Kirkesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  2. ^ "Stensgård kirkested". Kulturminnesøk. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  • Stensgård Church at Kirkesøk
  • Stensgård Church at the Directorate for Cultural Heritage website