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Map of the deaneries within the Diocese of Hamar

Thelist of churches in Hamaris a list of theChurch of Norwaychurches in theDiocese of HamarinNorway.It includes all of the parishes inInnlandetcounty plus the parishes inLunner Municipalityin Viken county. The diocese is based at theHamar Cathedralin the city ofHamarinHamar Municipality.

The list is divided into several sections, one for eachdeanery(prosti;headed by aprovost) in the diocese. Administratively within each deanery, the churches within each municipality elects their own church council (fellesråd). Each municipality may have one or moreparishes(sokn) within the municipality. Each parish elects their own councils (soknerådet). Each parish has one or morelocal church.The number and size of the deaneries and parishes has changed over time.[1]

The Diocese of Hamar was first established in 1153 when Norway was part of theCatholic Church.During theReformation in Norway,in 1537, the diocese was incorporated into theDiocese of Christiania.In 1864, the Diocese of Hamar was re-established and at that time, it included all ofHedmarkandOpplandcounties. Originally, the diocese was divided intoHedemarken prosti(laterHamar domprosti),Gudbrandsdalen prosti,Valdres prosti,andHadeland, Ringerike og Hallingdal prosti.Over the years, the various deaneries have been subdivided and changed. Currently, there are 10 deaneries. On 1 January 2020, the two counties were merged intoInnlandetcounty except for the municipalities ofLunnerandJevnakerwhich were merged intoVikencounty, so the diocese includes all of Innlandet plus the two municipalities in Viken. As of 2018, the 52,589-square-kilometre (20,305 sq mi) diocese had 308,697 members (about 82% of the population).[2]

Hamar domprosti

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Main article:Hamar arch-deanery

This arch-deanery (Norwegian:domprosti) covers several municipalities in the central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofHamar,Løten,andStange.The arch-deanery is headquartered at theHamar Cathedralin the city ofHamarinHamar Municipality.[3]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Hamar Hamar Hamar Cathedral Hamar 1866
Storhamar Church Hamar 1975
Vang Vang Church Ridabu 1810
Øvre Vang Church Slemsrud 1907
Løten Løten Løten Church Løten c. 1200
Oppegård Chapel Oppegård 1886
Oset Chapel Oset 1885
Stange Ottestad Ottestad Church Ottestad 1731
Romedal Romedal Church Romedal 1887
Stange Stange Church Stangebyen 1250
Tangen Strandlykkja Church Strandlykkja 1915
Tangen Church Tangen 1861
Vallset Vallset Church Vallset 1850

Hadeland og Land prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in the southern part of the diocese. It is the only deanery in the diocese to span parts of two counties. It includes the municipalities ofGran,Nordre Land,andSøndre LandinInnlandetcounty andJevnakerandLunnerinVikencounty. The deanery is headquartered atÅl Churchin the village ofJareninGran Municipality.[4]

The deanery was established in 1864 when Jevnaker and Lunner from theHadeland, Ringerike og Hallingdal prostiand Nordre Land and Søndre Land from theValdres prostiwere joined to form the newly created Hadeland og Land prosti.[5]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Gran Bjoneroa Sørum Church Bjoneroa 1861
Brandbu Nes Church Røykenvik 1730
Gran/Tingelstad Grymyr Church Grymyr 2003
St. Mary's Church Granavollen c. 1150
St. Nicholas' Church Granavollen c. 1150
Tingelstad Church Tingelstad 1866
Old Tingelstad Church Tingelstad c. 1220
Moen/Ål Moen Church Jaren 1914
Ål Church Gran 1929
Jevnaker Jevnaker Jevnaker Church Prestmoen 1834
Randsfjord Church Jevnaker 1916
Lunner Grua/Harestua Grua Church Grua 1924
Harestua Chapel Harestua 2001
Lunner Lunner Church Lunner 12th century
Oppdalen Chapel Oppdalen 1914
Nordre Land Lunde Lunde Church Lunde 1769
Nordsinni Haugner Church Nordsinni 1950
Nordsinni Church Nordsinni 1758
Torpa Kinn Church Aust-Torpa 1956
Åmot Church Fagerlund 1823
Østsinni Østsinni Church Dokka 1877
Vølstad Church Vølstad 1959
Søndre Land Fluberg Fluberg Church Fluberg 1703
Landåsbygda Church Landåsbygda 1965
Skute Skute Church Ringelia 1915
Søndre Land Enger Church Enger 1875
Hov Church Hov 1781

Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti

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Main article:Nord-Gudbrandsdal Deanery

This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in the northwestern part of the diocese. It includes churches in the municipalities ofDovre,Lesja,Lom,Nord-Fron,Sel,Skjåk,andVågå.The deanery is headquartered atSel Churchin the north side of the town ofOttainSel Municipality.[6]

The deanery was established in 1871 when the oldGudbrandsdalen prostiwas divided intoSøndre Gudbrandsdalen prostiandNordre Gudbrandsdalen prosti.A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Gudbrandsdal prosti" to "Nord-Gudbrandsdal prosti", both meaning "northern Gudbrandsdalen".[7]Also in 1922, Sel municipality was transferred out of this deanery to the new Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti ( "middle Gudbrandsdal" ). In 1972, the Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti was dissolved and the municipalities ofSelandFronwere transferred into this deanery at that time.[8][9]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Dovre Dombås Dombås Church Dombås 1939
Eystein Church Hjerkinn 1969
Dovre Dovre Church Dovre 1736
Lesja Lesja og
Lesjaskog		 Lesja Church Lesja 1749
Lesjaskog Church Lesjaskog 1697
Lesjaverk Church Lesjaverk 1964
Lom Bøverdalen Bøverdal Church Galdesanden (Bøverdal) 1864
Garmo Garmo Church Garmo 1879
Lom Lom Stave Church Fossbergom c. 1185
Nord-Fron Kvam Kvam Church Kvam 1952
Kvikne Kvikne Church Kvikne 1764
Skåbu Skåbu Church Skåbu 1927
Sødorp Sødorp Church Vinstra 1752
Sødorp Chapel Vinstra 1929
Sel Heidal Heidal Church Bjølstad 1941
Nord-Sel Nord-Sel Church Nord-Sel 1932
Sel Sel Church Selsverket 1742
Sjoa Chapel Sjoa 1978
Skjåk Nordberg Nordberg Church Nordberg 1864
Skjåk Skjåk Church Skjåk 1752
Vågå Vågå Vågå Church Vågåmo c. 1625

Nord-Østerdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in the northeastern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofAlvdal,Folldal,Os,Rendalen,Tolga,andTynset.The deanery is headquartered atTynset Churchin the village ofTynsetinTynset Municipality.[10]

The deanery was established in 1868 when the oldØsterdalen prostiwas divided intoSøndre Østerdalen prostiandNordre Østerdalen prosti.A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Nordre Østerdalen prosti" to "Nord-Østerdal prosti", both meaning "northern Østerdalen".[7][11]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Alvdal Alvdal Alvdal Church Alvdal 1861
Folldal Folldal Folldal Church Folldal 1882
Egnund Chapel Einabu 1975
Øvre Folldal Dalen Church Dalholen 1934
Os Dalsbygda Dalsbygda Church Dalsbygda 1960
Narbuvoll Narbuvoll Church Narbuvoll 1862
Tufsingdalen Church Tufsingdal 1920
Os Os Church Os i Østerdalen 1862
Rendalen Hanestad Hanestad Church Hanestad 1926
Sjøli Sjøli Church Sjølisand 1914
Ytre Rendal Ytre Rendal Church Otnes 1751
Øvre Rendal Øvre Rendal Church Bergset 1759
Tolga Hodalen Hodalen Church Hodalen 1934
Holøydalen Holøydalen Church Øversjødalen 1908
Tolga Tolga Church Tolga 1840
Vingelen Vingelen Church Vingelen 1880
Tynset Brydalen Brydalen Church Brydalen 1883
Kvikne Kvikne Church Kvikne 1654
Tylldalen Tylldalen Church Tylldalen 1736
Tynset Tynset Church Tynset 1795

Ringsaker prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers the municipality ofRingsakerin the central part of the diocese. The deanery is headquartered atRingsaker Churchin the village ofMoelvinRingsaker Municipality.[12]

The deanery was established in 2007 when it was separated from theHamar domprosti.

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Ringsaker Brumunddal/Veldre Brumunddal Church Brumunddal 1965
Veldre Church Byflaten 2000
Brøttum Brøttum Church Brøttum 1790
Mesnali Church Mesnali 1933
Furnes Furnes Church Furnes 1707
Nes Helgøya Church Helgøya 1870
Nes Church Tingnes 1250
Stavsjø Church Stavsjø 1880
Ringsaker Ringsaker Church Moelv 1100s
Åsmarka Åsmarka Church Åsmarka 1859

Solør, Vinger og Odal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in theGlåmdalriver valley in the southeastern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofEidskog,Kongsvinger,Nord-Odal,Sør-Odal,Grue,Våler,andÅsnes.The deanery is headquartered atVinger Churchin the town ofKongsvingerinKongsvinger Municipality.[13]

The deanery was established in 1855 when the old Øvre Romerike prosti was divided. It was originally calledSolør and Odal prosti.In 1868, northern part of Solør (Våler and Åsnes parishes) was transferred to the then newly establishedSør-Østerdal prosti.In 1922, the southern part of Solør (Hof, Grue, and Brandval parishes) were separated to join the newly createdSolør prosti.The remaining parts of this deanery then changed its name toVinger og Odal prosti.In 1990, the parish of Brandval was transferred from Solør prosti to Vinger og Odal prosti. In 2013, the deanery regained its original boundaries when the oldSolør prostiwas merged back. The deanery's name was then changed toSolør, Vinger og Odal prosti.[14][15]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Eidskog Eidskog Eidskog Church Matrand 1665
Magnor Church Magnor 1923
Vestmarka Vestmarka Church Vestmarka 1883
Grue Grue Grue Church Kirkenær 1825
Grue Finnskog Grue Finnskog Church Svullrya 1886
Kongsvinger Austmarka Austmarka Church Austmarka 1858
Brandval Brandval Church Brandval 1651
Lundersæter Church Lundersæter 1868
Roverud Church Roverud 1969
Vinger Vinger Church Kongsvinger 1699
Nord-Odal Mo Mo Church Mo 1864
Sand Sand Church Sand 1891
Trøftskogen Chapel Trautskogen 1931
Sør-Odal Oppstad Oppstad Church Oppstad 1725
Strøm Strøm Church Strøm 1857
Ullern Ullern Church Ullern 1868
Våler Gravberget Gravberget Church Gravberget 1955
Våler Våler Church Våler 2015
Risberget Chapel Risberget 1862
Åsnes Arneberg Arneberg Church Jammerdalen 1878
Gjesåsen Gjesåsen Church Gjesåsen 1863
Hof Hof Church Hof 1861
Hof Finnskog Hof Finnskog Church Dulpetorpet 1953
Åsnes Åsnes Church Flisa 1744
Åsnes Finnskog Åsnes Finnskog Church Vermundsjøen 1861

Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofGausdal,Lillehammer,Ringebu,Sør-Fron,andØyer.The deanery is headquartered atLillehammer Churchin the town ofLillehammerinLillehammer Municipality.[16]

The deanery was established in 1871 when the oldGudbrandsdalen prostiwas divided intoNordre Gudbrandsdalen prostiandSøndre Gudbrandsdalen prosti.A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Gudbrandsdal prosti" to "Sør-Gudbrandsdal prosti", both meaning "southern Gudbrandsdalen".[7]Also in 1922, Ringebu municipality was transferred out of this deanery to the new Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti ( "middle Gudbrandsdal" ). In 1972, the Midtre Gudbrandsdal prosti was dissolved and the municipality of Ringebu was transferred into this deanery.[8][17]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Gausdal Aulstad Aulstad Church Aulstad 1864
Follebu Follebu Church Follebu 1260
Svatsum Svatsum Church Svatsum 1860
Vestre Gausdal Vestre Gausdal Church Forset 1784
Østre Gausdal Østre Gausdal Church Østre Gausdal 1250
Lillehammer Fåberg Fåberg Church Fåberg 1727
Lillehammer Lillehammer Church Lillehammer 1882
Nordre Ål Nordre Ål Church Lillehammer 1994
Nordseter Church Nordseter 1964
Saksumdal Saksumdal Church Saksumdalen 1875
Søre Ål Søre Ål Church Lillehammer 1964
Vingrom Vingrom Church Vingrom 1908
Ringebu Fåvang Fåvang Stave Church Fåvang 1630
Fåvangfjellet Chapel Gulhaugsætra 1974
Ringebu Ringebu Stave Church Ringebu c. 1220
Venabygd Venabygd Church Venabygd 1780
Venabygd Chapel Venabu 1979
Sør-Fron Sør-Frøn Sør-Fron Church Hundorp 1792
Espedalen Chapel Espedalen 1974
Øyer Tretten Tretten Church Tretten 1728
Øyer Øyer Church Tingberg 1725

Sør-Østerdal prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities in the east-central part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofElverum,Engerdal,Stor-Elvdal,Trysil,Åmot.The deanery is headquartered atElverum Churchin the town ofElveruminElverum Municipality.[18]

The deanery was established in 1868 when the oldØsterdalen prostiwas divided intoSøndre Østerdalen prostiandNordre Østerdalen prosti.A royal resolution on 19 May 1922 changed the deanery name from "Søndre Østerdalen prosti" to "Sør-Østerdal prosti", both meaning "southern Østerdalen".[7][19]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Elverum Elverum Elverum Church Elverum 1736
Heradsbygd Heradsbygd Church Heradsbygd 1895
Hernes Hernes Church Hernes 1935
Nordskogbygda Nordskogbygda Church Nordskogbygda 1873
Sørskogbygda Sørskogbygda Church Sørskogbygda 1873
Engerdal Drevsjø Drevsjø Church Drevsjø 1848
Elgå Elgå Church Elgå 1946
Engerdal Engerdal Church Engerdal 1873
Sømådal Sømådal Church Sømådal 1937
Søre Elvdal Søre Elvdal Church Nymoen 1885
Stor-Elvdal Atneosen Atneosen Church Atna 1882
Sollia Sollia Church Sollia 1738
Stor-Elvdal Evenstad Church Evenstad 1904
Koppang Church Koppang 1952
Stor-Elvdal Church Negardshaugen 1821
Strand Strand Church Strand 1863
Trysil Ljørdalen Ljørdalen Church Ljørdalen 1872
Nordre Trysil Nordre Trysil Church Jordet 2000
Søre Trysil Plassen Church Plassen 1907
Søre Osen Søre Osen Church Søre Osen 1882
Trysil Trysil Church Innbygda 1861
Tørberget Tørberget Church Tørberget 1922
Østby Østby Church Østby 1940
Åmot Deset Deset Church Deset 1867
Nordre Osen Nordre Osen Church Osneset 1923
Old Nordre Osen Church Osneset 1777
Åmot Åmot Church Rena 1901

Toten prosti

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Main article:Toten Deanery

This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers three municipalities in the southern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofGjøvik,Vestre Toten,andØstre Toten.The deanery is headquartered atGjøvik Churchin the town ofGjøvikinGjøvik Municipality.The deanery was established in 1853 when the old Toten og Valdres prosti was divided intoValdres prostiandToten prosti.[20]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Gjøvik Biri Biri Church Biri 1777
Bråstad Bråstad Church Bråstad 1963
Engehaugen Engehaugen Church Gjøvik 1994
Gjøvik Gjøvik Church Gjøvik 1994
Hunn Hunn Church Hunndalen 1968
Snertingdal Nykirke Ålset inSnertingdal 1872
Seegård Church Seegård 1997
Vardal Vardal Church Øverbygda 1803
Vestre Toten Eina Eina Church Eina 1890
Raufoss Raufoss Church Raufoss 1939
Ås Ås Church Bøverbru 1921
Østre Toten Balke Balke Church Skreia 1170
Totenviken Church Totenvika 1896
Hoff Hoff Church Kraby c. 1175
Kapp Kapp Church Kapp 1939
Kolbu Kolbu Church Kolbu 1730
Nordlien Nordlien Church Nordlia 1901

Valdres prosti

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This deanery (Norwegian:prosti) covers several municipalities inValdresin the southwestern part of the diocese. It includes the municipalities ofEtnedal,Nord-Aurdal,Sør-Aurdal,Vang,Vestre Slidre,andØystre Slidre.The deanery is headquartered atAurdal Churchin the village ofAurdalinNord-Aurdal Municipality.[21]

Valdres prostiwas established in 1853 when the oldToten og Valdres prostiwas divided into Valdres prosti andToten prosti.In 1864, the municipalities ofNordre LandandSøndre Landwere transferred from this deanery to theHadeland og Land prosti.[5][22]

Municipality Parish (sokn) Church Location Year built Photo
Etnedal Bruflat Bruflat Church Bruflat 1750
Nord-Etnedal Nord-Etnedal Church Brøtahaugen 1866
Nord-Aurdal Aurdal Aurdal Church Aurdal 1737
Skrautvål Skrautvål Church Skrautvål 1785
Svenes Strand Church Synnstrond 1735
Tingnes Tingnes Church Fagernes 1972
Tisleidalen Tisleidalen Church Hovda 1957
Ulnes Ulnes Church Ulnes 1250
Sør-Aurdal Bagn Bagn Church Bagn 1736
Begnadalen Begnadalen Church Begnadalen 1964
Hedalen Hedalen Stave Church Hedalen c. 1165
Leirskogen Leirskogen Church Leirskogen 1924
Reinli Reinli Stave Church Reinli 1326
Reinli Chapel Reinli 1964
Vang Heensåsen Heensåsen Church Hænsgardane 1902
Høre Høre Stave Church Kvien 1180
Vang Vang Church Vang i Valdres 1840
Øye Øye Church Øye 1747
Øye Stave Church Øye 1965
St. Thomas Church Filefjell 1971
Vestre Slidre Lomen Lomen Church Lomen 1914
Lomen Stave Church Lomen 1179
Røn Røn Church Røn 1747
Øyjar Chapel Øyjar 1963
Slidre Vestre Slidre Church Slidre c. 1200
Øystre Slidre Hegge Hegge Stave Church Hegge 1216
Lidar Lidar Church Skammestein 1932
Rogne Rogne Church Rogne 1857
Volbu Volbu Church Volbu 1820

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