Oslo, NO

Torshov Church

The Torshov church is a long church dating from 1958. It is often considered to be the first active church in the country (a church building which, in addition to the parish hall, also has other halls for various activities). The church was designed by the architects Ulf Nyquist and Per Sunde, while the decorations were designed by Frithjof Tidemand-Johannessen. The composer Knut Nystedt was for many years the organist of the church in Torshov.

About this building

For more information visit on this building visit https://kirkesok.no/kirke/030104101

Key Features

  • Architecture

Visitors information

  • Bus stop within 100m
  • Car park at the building
  • Accessible toilets in the building

Other nearby buildings

Lilleborg Church

Lilleborg church is a modernist church built in a rectangular shape, built in concrete from 1966. The bell tower of the former parish church of Lilleborg is today located near the Lillomark chapel.

Sinsen Church

Sinsen church is a modernist ‘working church’ that was built in 1971. The church has a long plan and was designed by architect Bernhoff Evensen.

Sagene Church

The Sagene Church, consecrated in 1891, was designed by the architect Christian Fürst. It differs from other neo-Gothic brick churches of that time in Norway because Fürst was inspired by the German neo-Gothic by Johannes Otzen, of which the Heiligen Kreuz church in Berlin is an example.

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