The Sofienberg Church was built in 1877 and designed by J.W. Nordan. The church was originally called the Church of Paul (1877-1892), then the Church of Petrus (1892-1962) until it was given the name Sofienberg. Known for its good acoustics, the church is an attractive concert venue in eastern Oslo.
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The 1892 Paulus Church is a typical long church with cross arms near the chancel to the west and a tower above the entrance to the east. It is built of plastered red brick. The church, designed by the architect Henrik Bull, is richly designed and characterised by the German neo-Gothic style of the time, inspired by the Hanoverian architect Johannes Otzen, just like the Sagene church of 1891.
Tøyen church is a long church dating from 1907. The church was a small parish church in Greenland from 1907 until its closure in 1984. In 1990 it was rehabilitated and used by the Church City Mission (a Norwegian diaconal foundation that does social work as well as religious activities), which has its headquarters here.
The Kulturkirken Jakob was designed by the architect Georg Andreas Bull and built in 1880. The church was desecrated in 1985, and a year after its closure, to prevent its destruction, the Kirkelig Kulturverksted company began a long-term collaboration with the church council in Oslo with the aim of making the church a cultural venue. Today, the church is the only church in Norway with a purely cultural purpose. The church is a venue for theatre, dance and other various forms of events.
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