Frogner Church

{{Infobox church | name = Frogner Church | full_name = Frogner kirke | image = Frogner kirke 1.JPG | image_size = 250 px | alt = | landscape = | caption = | pushpin_map = Norway Oslo#Norway | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_mapsize = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|59|55|03|N|10|42|24|E|region:NO_type:landmark |display=inline,title}} | location = Bygdøy allé 36,<br /> Oslo, | country = Norway | denomination = 20px Church of Norway | churchmanship = Evangelical Lutheran | website = [http://www.frognerkirke.no/ frognerkirke.no] | former_name = | founded = | consecrated = December 6, 1907 | completed = | events = | status = Parish church | functional_status = Active | architect = Ivar Næss | architectural_type = | style = Jugendstil | materials = Stone<br>Brick | closed = | capacity = | parish = Frogner | deanery = | diocese = Diocese of Oslo | bishop = | dean = }} '''Frogner Church''' ({{langx|no|Frogner kirke}}) is a parish church in the Frogner borough of the city of Oslo, Norway. The congregation is part of the Oslo arch-deanery within the Diocese of Oslo in the Church of Norway.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.frognerkirke.no/kirke.htm|title = Frogner kirke|publisher = frognerkirke.no |accessdate = August 15, 2016}}</ref>

==History== Frogner Church was designed by the architect Ivar Næss (1878–1936) and built in 1907. The Church's main facade is made of granite, while the secondary facades against courtyards are made of brick. The church is integrated into a row of houses and apartment buildings. A chapel associated with the church was built in 1937–39 by the architect Johan Meyer. The Gimlehøyden district surrounding the church was built in the years 1916–1925 and designed by architects Harald Hals, Harald Aars and Lorentz Harboe Ree.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://snl.no/Ivar_N%C3%A6ss|title = Ivar Næss |publisher = Store norske leksikon|accessdate = August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.kirkesok.no/eng/kirker/Frogner-kirke-Oslo|title = Frogner kirke, Oslo |publisher = Den Norske Kirke|accessdate = August 15, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://norske-kirkebygg.origo.no/-/bulletin/show/379492_frogner-kirke-oslo?ref=checkpoint|title = Frogner kirke, Oslo |publisher = norske-kirkebygg|accessdate = August 15, 2016}}</ref>

The pulpit and the altar of clay stone were carved by Ivar Næss in 1907. It was decorated with gold mosaics by Per Vigeland in 1947. Vigeland also made the decorations at the organ gallery and the stained glass windows. Maria Vigeland completed the last window. The altar image as made by sculptor Valentin Kielland in 1907. Kielland also featured images of Olav the Saint, Martin Luther and Hans Nielsen Hauge. Kielland additionally designed the stone relief of the Lamb of God over the front door. In the side gallery there is a painting by Christian Skredsvig.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://nkl.snl.no/Per_Vigeland|title = Per Vigeland |publisher = Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author = Jan Kokkin|accessdate = November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://nkl.snl.no/Maria_Vigeland|title = Maria Vigeland|publisher = Norsk kunstnerleksikon|author = Jan Kokkin|accessdate = November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url = https://nkl.snl.no/Valentin_Kielland|title = Valentin Kielland|publisher = Norsk kunstnerleksikon |author = Hild Sørby |accessdate = November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.frognerkirke.no/paskekunst.htm|title = Påsken i Frogners kirkekunst |publisher = Frogner Menighet|accessdate = November 1, 2017}}</ref>

==Gallery== <gallery mode="packed"> Frogner kirke - 2011-09-27 at 23-36-16.jpg|Frogner Church by night Frogner kirke Oslo.jpg|Frogner Church as seen from Bygdøy Allè 413. Bygdö alle. Kristiania - no-nb digifoto 20131127 00018 bldsa PK00119.jpg|Old postcard I 1011. Oslo, Bygdö Alle - no-nb digifoto 20131127 00021 bldsa PK00122.jpg|Old postcard II </gallery>

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==External links== {{Commons category|Frogner kirke}} *[http://www.frognerkirke.no/ Frogner kirke website]

Category:Lutheran churches in Oslo Category:1907 establishments in Norway Category:National Romantic architecture in Norway Category:Art Nouveau architecture in Oslo Category:Art Nouveau church buildings in Norway Category:Churches completed in 1907