Nordlien Church

The Nordlien church was built according to the plans of the architect Johan Meyer in 1901. The altarpiece was painted by Eivind Nielsen in 1902 and shows Christ blessing a child. The model of the child is supposed to be one of the parishioners. The painting is based on the famous painting by Carl Bloch "Christ blessing the little child".

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