Romsås Church

Romsås Church
Romsås kirke
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59°58′9″N 10°53′24″E / 59.96917°N 10.89000°E / 59.96917; 10.89000
LocationRavnkollbakken 76
Romsås
Oslo,
CountryNorway
Denomination Church of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusParish church
Consecrated1995
Architecture
Functional statusActive
StylePostmodernism
Specifications
Capacity300
MaterialsBrick
Administration
DioceseDiocese of Oslo[1]
DeaneryØstre Aker
ParishGrorud

Romsås Church is a church in Oslo, Norway. The church is built of granite and yellow brick in a postmodern style and was consecrated in 1995. The former wooden church that stood on the same site burned to the ground in 1986.[2][3]

The entrance is shaped like a large arch with a large wooden cross inside. The church room is fan-shaped. The altar in the church is shaped like a podium, raised a few steps above the rest of the church room. On each side of is a simple, modern pulpit. Both the baptismal font and altar are, presumably, made of local granite. On the altar itself is a crucifix, behind the altar is a large wooden cross. Other items in the church include a dove created by Nina Sundbye, and a large blanket made by local school children hangs over the entrance hall inside the church. The blanket shows the red thread over a thousand years from the ancient Moster Church to the new church at Romsås.

The church organ has 13 voices and was delivered by organ builder Ryde & Berg in Fredrikstad in the year 2000.

The separate bell tower with church bells is in brick.[3][4]

Moving ground under the church has caused the walls to slip out, the floor has begun to sink and there are cracks between the floor and the walls.[1]

The bell tower

References

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  1. ^ a b Romsås kirke Oslo byleksikon (in Norwegian)
  2. ^ Romsås kirke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)
  3. ^ a b Romsås kirke Norske kirker (in Norwegian)
  4. ^ M.C. Kirkebøe: Oslos kirker i gammel og ny tid (New issue by K.A. Tvedt and Ø. Reisegg, Kunnskapsforlaget, 2007), page 90 (in Norwegian)
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