St Edmund's Church, Oslo

St. Edmund's Church

St. Edmunds Church, the Anglican Church in Oslo
Country Norway
Denomination Church of England
Website www.osloanglicans.no
History
Dedication St Edmund
Architecture
Architect(s) Paul Due, Bernhard Steckmest
Style Neo Gothic
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe
Clergy
Bishop(s) Geoffrey Rowell
Canon(s) Revd. Canon Janet Heil

Coordinates: 59°55′0.30720″N 10°44′58.970″E / 59.9167520000°N 10.74971389°E / 59.9167520000; 10.74971389 St. Edmund's Church is a small church in Møllergata in Oslo, Norway. It was built in 1883-84, and is home to the Norwegian congregation of the Church of England. The church was consecrated by the Bishop of Fulham on 27 July 1884.

Queen Maud used to visit this church, and there is a bust of her in the church, which otherwise is adorned with stained glass windows.

The church has modest size. While churches often dominate their surroundings and towers stretches over neighboring buildings, is this church modestly squeezed between larger buildings. It is said however that it came more into its own after some old buildings around it were demolished.

The church has - despite its small size - the shape of a cathedral. It was designed by architect Paul Due and Bernhard Steckmest and is in yellow and red brick in a simple, neo-Gothic style. The church was restored in 1990, and the tower was then replaced with a new one of roughly the same shape and size as the original.[1][2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Midt blandt mange about St Edmund's Church in Norwegian
  2. ↑ About architecture St. Edmunds Church in Norwegian
  3. ↑ Norske kirkebygg in Norwegian


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