Overview
Gjøvik Church () is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Gjøvik Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the town of Gjøvik. It is the church for the Gjøvik parish which is part of the Toten prosti (deanery) in the Diocese of Hamar. The white, wooden church was built in a long church design in 1882 using plans drawn up by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan. The church seats about 600 people.
History
The earliest existing historical records of the church date back to the year 1577, but the church was not built that year. The first church her was a wooden stave church that was likely built during the 12th century (c. 1150 or later). This church stood on the old Hund farm (later spelled Hunn), which was about northwest of the present site of the church. This church was historically known as Hund Church or Hunn Church. Historically, this church was an annex chapel to the main Haug Church (the nearby Bråstad Church was also an annex to this church). In 1663, the old stave church was torn down and a new timber-framed long church was built on the same site. Not much is known about this building. In the early 1800s, the parish decided to close the Bråstad Church and merge it with Hunn Church.
As part of this decision, they also decided to replace the old Hunn Church with a new, larger church on higher ground about to the northwest of the old church site (this is where the present cemetery is located). Abraham Pihl was hired to design the new church and Svend Aspaas was hired to lead the construction. Work on the new Hunn Church took place from 1818 to 1821. The new church was a large octagonal building with a church porch on the west end and a sacristy on the east end. The old Hunn Church was torn down in 1822 after the new church was completed. In 1825, the exterior received wood siding that was painted white. Years later, in 1968, a new Hunn Church was built on a new site about west of the town. It was named Hunn Church to bring back the historical church name, but it has no connection to the historical Hunn Church in the present-day town of Gjøvik.
Media gallery
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See also
*List of churches in Hamar