Ris Church, Oslo, Norway

Standing: High
Rank: Rank 81 of 3,842

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Ris Church

Ris Church (Ris kirke) is a Romanesque Revival church in the Ris neighbourhood of the Vestre Aker borough of Oslo, built in spring 1932 and consecrated on 12 June 1932. It originally had about 750 seats; after some rear benches and the gallery were removed, it now seats about 500. Because of the shape of the plot it is oriented north–south, unlike most churches. The churchyard contains Ris cemetery, where Princess Astrid, Mrs. Ferner, and Johan Martin Ferner are buried, as are Karl August and Dagny Haraldsen, the parents of Queen Sonja.

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What's inside

The stained glass is by the artist and glass maker Per Vigeland, and a figure of Christ by the sculptor Sigri Welhaven hangs over the chancel. The altarpiece, Christ and the Little Children, was painted by Hugo Lous Mohr in 1932. The church's three bells from 1930, all inscribed 'Riis kirke – Anno 1930', were designed by the architect Carl Berner and cast by the Olsen Nauen bell foundry in Sem. The largest weighs 1,746 kg and was at one time the largest bell cast in Norway.

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