Tangen Church

{{short description|Church in Innlandet, Norway}} {{Infobox church |name = Tangen Church |full_name = Tangen kirke |former_name = |image = Tangen church.jpg |caption = View of the church |website = |coordinates = {{coord|60.61792181798|11.26458075644|region:NO_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} |location = [[Stange Municipality]],<br />[[Innlandet]] |country = [[Norway]] |churchmanship = [[Evangelical Lutheran]] |denomination = [[Church of Norway]] |diocese = [[Diocese of Hamar|Hamar bispedømme]] |deanery = [[Hamar domprosti]] |parish = Tangen |status = [[Parish church]] |functional_status = Active |founded = 1861 |consecrated = 9 August 1861 |completed = {{Start date and age|p=y|1861}} |closed = |events = |architect = [[Christian Henrik Grosch]] |architectural_type = [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|Octagonal]] |style = |materials = Wood |capacity = 450 |embedded = {{Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site |embed = yes |Type = Church |Status = Protected |ID = 85606 }} }}

'''Tangen Church''' ({{langx|no|Tangen kirke}}) is a [[parish church]] of the [[Church of Norway]] in [[Stange Municipality]] in [[Innlandet]] county, [[Norway]]. It is located in the village of [[Tangen]]. It is one of the churches for the Tangen [[parish]] which is part of the [[Hamar domprosti]] ([[deanery]]) in the [[Diocese of Hamar]]. The white, wooden church was built in an [[Churches in Norway#Floor plan|octagonal]] design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the [[architect]] [[Christian Henrik Grosch]]. The church seats about 450 people.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tangen kirke, Hedmark |url=https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041700401 |access-date=2022-01-04 |publisher=Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker |url=http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm |access-date=2022-01-04 |publisher=KirkeKonsulenten.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==History== In 1837, Berte and Jon Grimerud donated land from the Tangen farm to the [[Stange Church]] parish. It took some time, but on 23 March 1857, the new Tangen parish was separated from the Stange parish. Plans for a new church on the donated land began soon afterwards. The church was designed by [[Christian Heinrich Grosch]] and the lead builder was Hans Gulbrandsen Røisi. The [[nave]] is octagonal and [[Choir (architecture)|choir]] and [[church porch]] are connected on opposite ends of the octagon. There are [[sacristies]] in the extension of the choir. The middle part of the nave has a raised roof supported by eight columns. Grosch designed many octagonal churches in Norway, but this is the only one with a raised central part which is supposed to be influenced by [[stave church]] architecture. Tangen church was [[consecrated]] on 9 August 1861 by the local [[Provost (religion)|Provost]] [[Paul Vinsnes|Paul Winsnes]] (the husband of [[Hanna Winsnes]] who wrote a famous Norwegian cookbook).<ref name="kms">{{Cite web |title=Tangen kirkested |url=http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85606 |access-date=2022-01-04 |publisher=[[Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage]] |language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name="NK">{{Cite web |title=Tangen kirke |url=https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/tangen-kirke/ |access-date=2022-01-04 |website=Norges-Kirker.no |language=Norwegian}}</ref>

==Media gallery== <gallery mode="packed" heights="180px"> Tangen kirke T101 01 0255.jpg Tangen kirke orgelgalleri 0417-05681.jpg Tangen kirke interiør 0417-05682.jpg Tangen kirke altertavle 0417-05678.jpg </gallery>

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

==References== {{reflist}}

[[Category:Stange 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 1861]] [[Category:1861 establishments in Norway]]