# Tangen Church

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Church in Innlandet, Norway

Church in Innlandet, Norway

Tangen Church Tangen kirke View of the church Tangen Church 60°37′05″N 11°15′52″E / 60.61792181798°N 11.26458075644°E / 60.61792181798; 11.26458075644 Location Stange Municipality, Innlandet Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Status Parish church Founded 1861 Consecrated 9 August 1861 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Christian Henrik Grosch Architectural type Octagonal Completed 1861 (165 years ago) (1861) Specifications Capacity 450 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Hamar bispedømme Deanery Hamar domprosti Parish Tangen Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Protected ID 85606

**Tangen Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Tangen kirke*) 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 [Tangen](/source/Tangen). It is one of the churches for the Tangen [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 an [octagonal](/source/Churches_in_Norway#Floor_plan) design in 1861 using plans drawn up by the [architect](/source/Architect) [Christian Henrik Grosch](/source/Christian_Henrik_Grosch). The church seats about 450 people.[1][2]

## History

In 1837, Berte and Jon Grimerud donated land from the Tangen farm to the [Stange Church](/source/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](/source/Christian_Heinrich_Grosch) and the lead builder was Hans Gulbrandsen Røisi. The [nave](/source/Nave) is octagonal and [choir](/source/Choir_(architecture)) and [church porch](/source/Church_porch) are connected on opposite ends of the octagon. There are [sacristies](/source/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](/source/Stave_church) architecture. Tangen church was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 9 August 1861 by the local [Provost](/source/Provost_(religion)) [Paul Winsnes](/source/Paul_Vinsnes) (the husband of [Hanna Winsnes](/source/Hanna_Winsnes) who wrote a famous Norwegian cookbook).[3][4]

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## See also

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

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Tangen kirke, Hedmark"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041700401). 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)** ["Tangen kirkested"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85606) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

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