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Nordberg Church
Nordberg kyrkje
View of the church
Nordberg Church
61°54′21″N 8°09′16″E
Location	Skjåk Municipality, Innlandet
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
History
Status	Parish church
Founded	1864
Consecrated	1864
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect	Jacob Wilhelm Nordan
Architectural type	Octagonal
Completed	1864 (1864)
Specifications
Capacity	215
Materials	Wood
Administration
Diocese	Hamar bispedømme
Deanery	Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti
Parish	Nordberg
Norwegian Cultural Heritage Site
Type	Church
Status	Protected
ID	85145

Nordberg Church (Norwegian: Nordberg kyrkje) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Skjåk Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Nordberg. It is the church for the Nordberg parish which is part of the Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The brown, wooden church was built in an octagonal design in 1864 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 215 people.

History

View of the church

Planning for a new church in Nordberg began around 1860. The architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan was hired to design the new building and Jakob Jonsen Storlien was hired as the lead builder. The church was designed as an octagonal building with a small church porch in the west and a sacristy in the east. The church was built from 1862 to 1864 and it was consecrated in 1864.

See also

• List of churches in Hamar