# Vallset Church

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Church in Innlandet, Norway

Church in Innlandet, Norway

Vallset Church Vallset kirke View of the church Vallset Church 60°42′04″N 11°19′43″E / 60.70123069550°N 11.32856860756°E / 60.70123069550; 11.32856860756 Location Stange Municipality, Innlandet Country Norway Denomination Church of Norway Previous denomination Catholic Church Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran History Former name Tomter kirke Status Parish church Founded 16th century Consecrated 25 September 1850 Architecture Functional status Active Architect Capt. Frisak Architectural type Cruciform Completed 1850 (176 years ago) (1850) Specifications Capacity 350 Materials Wood Administration Diocese Hamar bispedømme Deanery Hamar domprosti Parish Vallset Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site Type Church Status Automatically protected ID 85752

**Vallset Church** ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Vallset 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 [Vallset](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Vallset&action=edit&redlink=1). It is the church for the Vallset [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 1850 using plans drawn up by Capt. Erik Glørsen Frisak.[1] The church seats about 350 people.[2][3]

## History

The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1520, but that was not the year the church was built. The first church in Vallset was a wooden [long church](/source/Long_church) that was likely built in the early 1500s as an [annex chapel](/source/Annex_chapel) to the main [Romedal Church](/source/Romedal_Church). The original church was also known as Tomter Church ([Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Tomter kirke*). Not much is known about this first building. By the mid-1800s, the church was in need of replacement. Captain Erik Glørsen Frisak was hired to design the new church and Thomas Aasen and Ole Bækken were hired as the lead builders. The new building was a [half-timbered](/source/Half-timbered) [cruciform](/source/Cruciform) church with a tower on the west end. The new building was [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) on 25 September 1850. In 1874, the church was given exterior wood paneled siding to cover up the logs used to construct the building. Also, a new spire was added to the tower. The church was restored around the year 1950. During this restoration, the timber walls were uncovered by removing the old wall paneling. Also some of the old furniture ([altarpiece](/source/Altarpiece) and [pulpit](/source/Pulpit)) that had been hidden in the attic was moved back into the [nave](/source/Nave) and [chancel](/source/Chancel).[4][1]

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## See also

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

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-NK_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-NK_1-1) ["Vallset kirke"](https://www.norske-kirker.net/home/hedmark/vallset-kirke/). *Norges-Kirker.no* (in Norwegian). Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Vallset kirke"](https://kirkesok.no/kirke/041700301). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Oversikt over Nåværende Kirker"](http://www.kirkekonsulenten.no/kirker.htm) (in Norwegian). KirkeKonsulenten.no. Retrieved 4 January 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-kms_4-0)** ["Vallset kirkested"](http://www.kulturminnesok.no/kulturminnesok/kulturminne/?LOK_ID=85752) (in Norwegian). [Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage](/source/Norwegian_Directorate_for_Cultural_Heritage). 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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