St. Mikael's Chapel

St. Michael's Chapel (Norwegian: St. Mikaels kapell) is a parish church in Oppdal municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. It is located in the Drivdalen valley, just south of the village of Holan, about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) south of the village of Oppdal. It is a smaller mountain chapel in the Oppdal parish which is part of the Gauldal prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Nidaros. The small wooden chapel was built in 2012 by the architect Yngvild Wathne Sæther. The church seats about 50 people, but it is sometimes used as the backdrop for outdoor services[1]

St. Michael's Chapel
St. Mikaels kapell
St. Michael's Chapel
Location of the church
St. Michael's Chapel
St. Michael's Chapel (Norway)
62.515611°N 09.623833°E / 62.515611; 09.623833
LocationOppdal, Trøndelag
CountryNorway
DenominationChurch of Norway
ChurchmanshipEvangelical Lutheran
History
StatusChapel
Consecrated26 September 2012
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Architect(s)Yngvild Wathne Sæther
Architectural typeLong church
Completed2013
Specifications
Capacity50
Administration
ParishOppdal
DeaneryGauldal
DioceseNidaros

The building was planned by the Tourism Drivdalen working group, the result of some planning for the future that was organized in the winter of 2010. The idea of a church with a connection to The Pilegrims Path over the Dovrefjell Mountains, comes from the fact that during the middle ages there was a church called Loskirka (The Church of Loe) in the Drivdalen valley, located at one of the farms in Losgrenda. The parish priest, Arne Aspeland, contributed to the work in designing the chapel interior. The church has no graveyard.[2]

The chapel was built on a voluntary basis with financial support from a number of local companies including Holtermann’s Endowment managed by the Oppdal church council (the endowment ended in 2012). The building was consecrated on Michaelmas, 29 September 2012, with the parish priest Arne Aspeland, Bishop Tor Singsaas, Dean Øystein Flø, and Pastor Øyvind Vognild present at the ceremony. Aspeland had the honor of leading the first Mass that was held in conjunction with the consecration. The chapel got a church bell during the summer of 2013 and it was used first time 19 July the same year.[3]

See also

References
  1. "St. Mikaels kapell" (in Norwegian). DigitaltMuseum.no. Retrieved 2018-01-24.
  2. "Drivdalen" (in Norwegian).
  3. "St Mikaels kapell" (in Norwegian). Oppdal kirkelige fellesråd. Retrieved 2016-06-26.


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