Eina Church | |
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Eina kirke | |
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60°34′19″N10°39′14″E / 60.57188487239°N 10.654014766232°E /60.57188487239; 10.654014766232 | |
Location | Vestre Toten Municipality, Innlandet |
Country | Norway |
Denomination | Church of Norway |
Churchmanship | Evangelical Lutheran |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 1890 |
Consecrated | 11 December 1890 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Jacob Wilhelm Nordan |
Architectural type | Long church |
Completed | 1890 (135 years ago) (1890) |
Specifications | |
Capacity | 250 |
Materials | Wood |
Administration | |
Diocese | Hamar bispedømme |
Deanery | Toten prosti |
Parish | Eina |
Type | Church |
Status | Automatically protected |
ID | 84080 |
Eina Church (Norwegian:Eina kirke) is aparish church of theChurch of Norway inVestre Toten Municipality inInnlandet county,Norway. It is located in the village ofEina. It is the church for the Einaparish which is part of theToten prosti (deanery) in theDiocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in along church design in 1890 using plans drawn up by thearchitectJacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 250 people.[1][2]
Work for church building at Eina began in the mid-1880s when a building committee was appointed. A plot of land was donated by Ole Johnsrud. In 1888, the parish received architectural drawings made byJacob Wilhelm Nordan for the new church. The following year, a formal building permit was granted along with a permit to build a burial ground. The church wasconsecrated on 11 December 1890 by BishopArnoldus Hille.[3][4]