Kampen Church, Oslo, Norway

Standing: High
Rank: Rank 87 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Kampen Church

Kampen Church stands in the Kampen area of Oslo. After a fire in Kampen in 1878, a new church became part of the plans to rebuild the neighbourhood; a congregation was founded in 1880 and met elsewhere until the church was finished. Designed by the architect Jacob Wilhelm Nordan, the brick church was consecrated on 29 November 1882 and has 480 seats, and its tower is clad in copper sheet. The church is legally protected and listed by the Norwegian Directorate for Cultural Heritage.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source

What's inside

The altarpiece, showing two women at Jesus's empty tomb on Easter morning, was made in 1884 by the Norwegian painter and sculptor Axel Ender and restored in 1913. Above four of the interior doors are symbols of the four Gospels by Enevold Thømt (1913). The church has twelve large and six small stained glass windows and two rose windows over the front doors, all by Peer Lorentz Dahl. In the porch stands a marble Madonna by the sculptor Knut Steen from 1992.

Checked 2026-11-05 · Source