# Ottestad Church

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Church in Innlandet, Norway

Church in Innlandet, Norway

Ottestad Church Ottestad kirke View of the church Ottestad Church 60°45′26″N 11°08′41″E / 60.757325548685°N 11.14471390843°E / 60.757325548685; 11.14471390843 Location Stange Municipality, Innlandet Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Previous denomination Catholic Church Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 13th century Consecrated 17 January 1731 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Even Baardset Architectural type Cruciform Completed 1731 (295 years ago) (1731) Specifications Capacity 350 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Hamar bispedømme Deanery Hamar domprosti Parish Ottestad Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Automatically protected ID 85254

**Ottestad Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Ottestad kirke*; historic: *Óttarstaða kirkja*) is a [parish church](/source/Parish_church) of the [Church of Norway](/source/Church_of_Norway) in [Stange Municipality](/source/Stange_Municipality) in [Innlandet](/source/Innlandet) county, [Norway](/source/Norway). It is located in the village of [Ottestad](/source/Ottestad). It is the church for the Ottestad [parish](/source/Parish) which is part of the [Hamar domprosti](/source/Hamar_domprosti) ([deanery](/source/Deanery)) in the [Diocese of Hamar](/source/Diocese_of_Hamar). The white, wooden church was built in a [cruciform](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) design in 1731 using plans drawn up by the [architect](/source/Architect) Even Baardset. The church seats about 350 people.[1][2]

## History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the mid-13th century when it was mentioned in the book [Hákonar saga Hákonarsonar](/source/H%C3%A1konar_saga_H%C3%A1konarsonar) as *Óttarstaða kirkja* near [Hamar](/source/Hamar). This church was a wooden [stave church](/source/Stave_church) that was likely built during the early 13th century. Not much is known about this old building. This building was located on a different site, about 200 metres (660 ft) to the southwest of the present church site. By the early 1600s, the church was described as being "dilapidated and old-fashioned". Around the year 1627, the old church was torn down and a new church was built on the same site. The church tower was built in 1630. The church didn't take long to fall into disrepair and by the early 1700s, the church was already rotting and beginning to fall apart. Also, the parish council determined that the church was not built at a good location and set out to find a new location nearby for the church. In 1730, a new church was built about 200 metres (660 ft) to the northeast of the old church site. The new church was a [half-timbered](/source/Half-timbered) [cruciform](/source/Cruciform) building that was built by [Even Baardset](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Even_Baardset&action=edit&redlink=1) who modeled the church after the [Our Saviour's Church](/source/Oslo_Cathedral) in [Christiania](/source/Oslo). The new church was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 17 January 1731.[3][4]

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## See also

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Ottestad kirke"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041700201). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kms_3-0)** ["Ottestad kirkested"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85254) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-NK_4-0)** ["Ottestad kirke"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/ottestad-kirke/). *Norges-Kirker.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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