Hasle Church (Oslo)

Hasle Church is a church in the neighborhood of Hasle in the city of Oslo, Norway.[1]

Hasle Church
Hasle kirke
Hasle Church Hasle Church
59°55′17.123″N 10°47′3.1488″E
Location	Eindrides vei 9 Oslo,
Country	Norway
Denomination	Church of Norway
Churchmanship	Evangelical Lutheran
Website	kirken.no/hasle
History
Status	Parish church
Consecrated	1960
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Harald Hille
Specifications
Capacity	350
Materials	Yellow brick
Administration
Parish	Hasle[1]
Diocese	Diocese of Oslo

The church was designed by architect Harald Hille and was consecrated by bishop Johannes Smemo on December 11, 1960. It is a yellow brick church. There is a separate bell tower. Church orientation is from northeast to southwest. The church room itself can seat about 270 people, and there is an adjoining church hall. In addition, the built-in kitchen, church room, meeting room, offices and two rooms as well as shelters. There is a small sacristy near the organ. The church organ has 14 voices and was put into service a month after the church was consecrated.[2][3]

The altar tapestry is created by Kari-Bjørg Ile. On the west wall of the ward hall also hangs a former altarpiece from a former church building in central Oslo. The church underwent rehabilitation work in 2019.[2]

The church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.[4]

References

1. Kirkedatabasen: Hasle kirke Kirkesøk (in Norwegian)
2. Norske kirker: Hasle kirke (in Norwegian)
3. Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo byleksikon (5th ed.; Kunnskapsforlaget, 2010), page 233 (in Norwegian)
4. Hasle kirke / Kirkested Kulturminnesøk from the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage (in Norwegian)

External links

• Official parish website in Norwegian