Landsmarka Chapel
Full nameLandsmarka kapell
Coordinates59.246072°N 9.160845°E
LocationNome Municipality,
Telemark
CountryNorway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
DenominationChurch of Norway
DioceseAgder og Telemark
DeaneryØvre Telemark prosti
ParishLunde og Flåbygd
StatusParish church
Functional statusActive
Founded1895
Consecrated1 October 1895
Completed1895 (age 131)
ArchitectHerman Backer
StyleDragestil
MaterialsWood
Capacity100

Landsmarka Chapel (Norwegian: Landsmarka kapell) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Nome Municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is located in the village of Landsmarka. It is one of the churches in the Lunde og Flåbygd parish which is part of the Øvre Telemark prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Agder og Telemark. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1895 using plans drawn up by the architect Herman Backer. The church seats about 100 people.[1][2][3]

History

Landsmarka is a forest village where people had a long way to go to get to a church (either Lunde Church or Holla Church). Towards the end of the 19th century, efforts were made to get a church building in Landsmarka and eventually the local landowner Diderik Cappelen from the Cappelen family, donated land for a new annex chapel. The architect Herman Backer was hired to design the new building and the builder H. Hansen from Skien was hired to lead the construction. The new chapel was designed in a dragestil style so that its look was reminiscent of the medieval stave churches across Norway. The chapel was consecrated on 1 October 1895. The church is a wooden long church. Originally the chapel was stained dark with several shades, but it has since been painted white.[4][5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Landsmarka kapell". Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. ^ "Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker" (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. ^ Rasmussen, Alf Henry. Våre kirker. Norsk kirkeleksikon (in Norwegian). Kirkenær, Norge: Vanebo forlag. p. 496. ISBN 8275270227. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  4. ^ "Landsmarka kirkested" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  5. ^ "Landsmarka kapell" (in Norwegian). Norges-Kirker.no. Retrieved 2022-11-27.