Åsmarka Church

{{short description|Church in Innlandet, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Åsmarka Church |full_name = Åsmarka kirke |former_name = |image = Åsmarka kirke.JPG |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|61.0116746378|10.780119895935|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} |location = [[Ringsaker Municipality]],<br />[[Innlandet]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Hamar|Hamar bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Ringsaker prosti]] |parish = Åsmarka |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1859 |consecrated = 1860 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1859}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Jacob Wilhelm Nordan]] |architectural_type = [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|Octagonal]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 180 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Not protected |ID = 85998 }} }}

'''Åsmarka Church''' ({{langx|no|Åsmarka kirke}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Ringsaker Municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the village of [[Åsmarka]]. It is the church for the Åsmarka [[parish]] which is part of the [[Ringsaker prosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]]. The white, wooden church was built in a [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|octagonal]] design in 1859 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Jacob Wilhelm Nordan]]. The church seats about 180 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Åsmarka kirke |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041200501 |access-date=2022-01-07 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2022-01-07 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==History== The [[Brøttum Church]] parish was quite large and the people of the Åsmarka area had long wished for a chapel of their own. In the mid-1800s, the parish began planning for an [[annex chapel]] at Åsmarka, known then as Aasmarken Chapel. In 1858, [[Jacob Wilhelm Nordan]] was hired to design the building (this was his first of nearly 100 churches that he designed in his career). The building was an [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|octagonal]] design and reminiscent of the [[Swiss chalet style]]. It had a [[church porch]] extension on the west end and a [[sacristy]] extension in the east. Construction took place in 1859. It was completed on 2 November 1859 and it was [[consecrated]] early in 1860, but the date is not known. In 1901, the old church porch was removed and a new porch was constructed. In 1981, the chapel was upgraded to [[parish church]] status and has been titled Åsmarka Church since that time.<ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Åsmarka kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85998 |access-date=2022-01-07 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Åsmarka kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/aasmarka-kirke/ |access-date=2022-01-07 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> 280 Ringsaker. Aasen Kapel - no-nb digifoto 20150811 00034 bldsa PK26285.jpg Åsmarka kirke prekestol.jpg Åsmarka kirke døpefont.jpg Åsmarka kirke altertavle 0412-01042.jpg </gallery>

==See also== *[[List of churches in Hamar]]

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[[Category:Churches in Ringsaker Municipality]] [[Category:Churches in Innlandet]] [[Category:Octagonal churches in Norway]] [[Category:Wooden churches in Norway]] [[Category:19th-century Church of Norway church buildings]] [[Category:Churches completed in 1859]] [[Category:1859 establishments in Norway]]