# Mesnali Church

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Church in Innlandet, Norway

Church in Innlandet, Norway

Mesnali Church Mesnali kirke View of the church Mesnali Church 61°06′09″N 10°41′33″E / 61.10258795048°N 10.69237813353°E / 61.10258795048; 10.69237813353 Location Ringsaker Municipality, Innlandet Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 1933 Consecrated 19 September 1933 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Ingeborg Krafft Architectural type Cruciform Completed 1933 (93 years ago) (1933) Specifications Capacity 170 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Hamar bispedømme Deanery Ringsaker prosti Parish Brøttum Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Protected ID 84941

**Mesnali Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Mesnali kirke*) is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Ringsaker Municipality](/source/Ringsaker_Municipality) in [Innlandet](/source/Innlandet) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Mesnali](/source/Mesnali). It is one of the churches for the Brøttum [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Ringsaker prosti](/source/Ringsaker_prosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Hamar](/source/Diocese_of_Hamar). The brown, wooden church was built in a [cruciform](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) design in 1933 using plans drawn up by the [architect](/source/Architect) Ingeborg Krafft. The church seats about 170 people.[1][2]

## History

The people of the [Mesnali](/source/Mesnali) area had long wished for their own chapel due to the long and difficult road to their parish church, [Brøttum Church](/source/Br%C3%B8ttum_Church). A plot of land at Havrehaugen was donated to the parish by Oline and Even Sagstuen for the purpose of building an [annex chapel](/source/Annex_chapel) in the Brøttum Church parish. Initially, a bell tower was erected in 1927 and a cemetery on the site was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 11 December 1928. Soon afterwards, [Ingeborg Krafft](/source/Ingeborg_Krafft) was hired to design the new chapel that would be built at the cemetery site. The building was designed as a [half-timbered](/source/Half-timbered) [cruciform](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) chapel in a style reminiscent of the many cruciform churches in the [Gudbrandsdalen](/source/Gudbrandsdalen) valley. The foundation wall of the new chapel was built in 1932 and the rest of the building was completed the following year. The new building was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 19 September 1933. In 1978, the chapel was upgraded to full [parish church](/source/Parish_church) status.[3][4]

## Media gallery

		- Photo of the construction of the new church

## See also

- [List of churches in Hamar](/source/List_of_churches_in_Hamar)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Mesnali kirke"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041200801). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 7 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kms_3-0)** ["Mesnali kirkested"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=84941) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 7 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NK_4-0)** ["Mesnali kirke"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/mesnali-kirke/). *Norges-Kirker.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 7 January 2022.

v t e Church of Norway churches in the Hamar domprosti in Innlandet county, Norway Hamar Municipality: Hamar Cathedral Storhamar Church Vang Church Øvre Vang Church Løten Municipality: Løten Church Oppegård Chapel Oset Chapel Ringsaker Municipality: Brumunddal Brøttum Furnes Helgøy Mesnali Nes Ringsaker Stavsjø Veldre Åsmarka Stange Municipality: Ottestad Church Romedal Church Stange Church Strandlykkja Church Tangen Church Vallset Church

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