Røa Church

Røa Church (Norwegian: Røa kirke) is a church center in Oslo, Norway. The church room has 300 seats, but this can be increased to 500 by opening the sliding doors to the parish hall. The church building also includes offices, a wing of verger housing and daycare. There is an almost separate bell tower (a campanile).Nils Aspenberg (ed): Røa kirke 60 år Baneforlaget, 1999

The pulpit and the baptismal font are as old as the church, like Bernhard Greve's stained glass choir window. It replaces an altarpiece and bears the title "Christ After the Resurrection". In the window west of the organ is a round stained glass window showing the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Finn Krafft was commissioned to paint the focal wall around the stained glass. His blue painted wall decoration with a Greek cross was uncovered in October 1964. There are otherwise a tapestry, created by Kristin Sommerfelt from 1984 and two paintings by Lagertha Munthe.

The church organ has 27 voices. The three church bells from 1939 are created by Olsen Nauen Bell Foundry.Røa kirke Norske kirkebygg Knut Are Tvedt (ed.): Oslo Byleksikon (5. ed.; Kunnskapsforlaget, 2010), pp 476-477

Røa Church is listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.

References

External links Official parish website